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Joan Lastra
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Recently retired from IT work. Spending my free time traveling, working on family history research, and watching the NY Mets. (LGM!)

Locations: New York, New England, Ireland, Spain, France, Germany, Switzerland, England.

Trees: Ancestry, MyH, FMP
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Ancestry's new ethnicity estimates: Munster is high (25% expected vs. 34%); Donegal low (12.5% expected vs. 4%); I have zero known Leinster. Northern Spain should be 25%; If I add in Portugal, then it's about right. <<cont'd>>
My new AncestryDNA ethnicity estimates: Ireland was 41% was broken down to Munster 34%, Leinster 11%, and Donegal 4%; Spain was 29% and is now Northern Spain 14% and Spain 3%. Germanic Europe was 12% and is now Southern Germanic Europe of 10%. England and NW Europe was 10%; Southeastern England and NW Europe is 7% and NE England is 4%; Portugal is new at 10%; France as 3%, and is now 0%; Wales as 3%; it is now Southern Wales 3%; Norway was 2%, and is now 0%.
October 9, 2025 at 10:08 PM
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The full page for context:
Full page in baptismal register that includes an entry for Mary Bradley on 19 Apr 1867.
May 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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Looking for help reading the surname of the female sponsor on my great-grandmother's baptism on 19 Apr 1867. I think it says the sponsors are Mick Bradley and Joanna Lynch, but I'm really not sure about Lynch.
Entry for the baptism of Mary Bradley, daughter of Jerry Bradley and Honora Murphy on 19 Apr 1867 in Johnstown, Cork, Ireland. The sponsors are Mick Bradley and Joanna Lynch (??).
May 2, 2025 at 6:28 PM
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What? Me hungry?

#CoosDay
March 11, 2025 at 6:35 PM
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Here (I hope) is the marriage record. It's reasonably good handwriting.
Parish of Enniskeane and Desertserges, Diocese of Cork and Ross, “Catholic Parish Registers at the NLI,” marriage register, Catholic Parish Registers at NLI, https://registers.nli.ie/registers/vtls000632094?locale=en#page/62/mode/1up, 12 Jan 2014, marriage record for John Ahern and Kate Forbus, citing Microfilm 04798/06 - Marriages 29 Sep 1813 to 21 Feb 1882.
January 30, 2025 at 9:05 PM
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This was pretty fun to do. The hardest part was finding 9 distinct colors in Excel that weren't too saturated so that the the text was visible. This chart really shows the empty spots, all in Ireland. Shocker - NOT!
Ancestry chart showing birthplaces up through my 3rd-great-grandparents. It also shows the known ancestral towns and surnames for my 3rd-great-grandparents. Lots of unknowns - all in Ireland
November 20, 2024 at 11:55 PM