Saturday 10 April 2021

A to Z April Challenge: I is for I cannot say

Genealogists always want to know where their ancestors are buried. It’s not just to see what else they might learn from their gravesites. It’s more than that. It’s a need to connect with them, to know they’re ‘at peace’. Many countless hours are spent seeking out their final resting places, so, to help ensure they're not forgotten again, I'm creating a virtual graveyard, incorporating a memorial for each ancestor. I is for I cannot say. 💜

There is a very good candidate for the letter I. Actually, it's his middle name. But he HATED the name with great passion. And, I'm afraid if I outed him here now, he wouldn't be there to meet me at the Pearly Gates. Probably, shouldn't even mention the dreaded name out loud. Better keep schtum. 😇 But, he'll be memorialised in a subsequent post.

My intention is to create a virtual graveyard with a memorial for each of my ancestors. The category 'Theme: Virtual Graveyard', seen on the right, is the graveyard gate. Clicking here, you enter my graveyard. You can visit each grave, irrespective of where in the world they are physically located.



The 'A to Z April Challenge' - 26 blog posts, in 26 days, with 26 letters of the alphabet, and one post dedicated to each letter.

10 comments:

  1. Better to meet him at the Pearly Gates than use his name here :)
    Visiting from the A to Z challenge
    Regards Anne from Australia (with some Irish forebears)
    https://anneyoungau.wordpress.com/2021/04/10/i-is-for-innishannon/

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  2. Ah yes - middle names. My father's is Rex. My husband's is Dexter. I'd love to know where they came from !

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  3. My grandfather hated his middle name of Pinkney but it was his grandfathers middle name. I wish I had known it as a child and asked him if he knew more on it as it must have been a maiden name at dome point but I haven’t found the connection yet

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    1. Yes, there were often clues left in middle names, but unfortunately for me, middle names were uncommon for Catholics in Ireland, until the close of the 19th century.

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  4. LOL! That's a bit cheecky on you! ;-)

    @JazzFeathers
    The Old Shelter - The Great War

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