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Just a thought.
What a find! 
Great ideas.
Possibly even geneoligy sites?
I imagine she was thrilled as I would be! Thank you Al Gore for helping enable us to do these constructive things😺
We were all excited about her finds.
My mother was adopted and I finally found his name.
He was from Longview, TX and the picture I found of him looks so much like my mother.
Unbelievable find! 
That was quite a find! 
I responded through the eyes of someone trying to do family history right now. 
I'm just getting started, and I know SO little, especially about my Dad's side. A box like that from one of his parents or siblings would be a dream come true for me.
Good luck in your search! 
There were 10 kids in the family; one still living in Ireland.
They lived with two of his grandparents that died at 104 and 106 respectively. They lived through the Great Famine.
They also had an uncle living with them.
FOURTEEN people in small thatched cottage! YIKES.
Everything from building houses, thatching cottages, shoeing horses, shearing wool, birthing and raising an assortment of animals and growing a farm loaded with crops.
He was a gunner in the war, something he never spoke of. He was highly skilled with knives of all sorts and knew how to use all sort of tools. The list goes on and on.
It was anything and everything he could think of as to impress Ellis Island as to what a fine addition he would become in the United States of America!
He was a man of diverse talents that grossly underestimated himself. However, I knew. 
My father in law was a gunner in that war and he never spoke of it either.
Your late husband sounds talented, modest, accomplished, secure and hard working. Kind of the opposite of "you probably know who". 
Thank you again for sharing a bit of him with us.
Hi from Ireland btw
Lovely place. Where are you from?
I wonder if it is still there?
Very old hotel it was and there was a bar upstairs from it. That was the first place I ever stayed while visiting Ireland which was in 1983.
It is probably closed by now.
That is it alright! I thought it was the Munster Hotel but I changed it to Muenster thinking I remembered the name wrong. I was right it seems! Thank you!
I wonder how many other people would remember the name and place of a hotel they stayed in over 42 years ago? 
At least I'm not going senile! Thank god for that!
Gosh I miss them so much!
