'Remembrances'
Written by Colleen G. (Brown) Pasquale
Edited by Alyssa J. Pasquale, PhD
2016
Published by Troy Book Makers
My book arrived in time to go under the Christmas tree! All those years of researching, writing and formatting have ended. I took the book to the publisher in early December and hoped it would be ready in time for Christmas. It was. This book about my mother's family was greeted by lots of smiles by my family.
Now I can cross off all those old New Year's resolutions to finish that book. The new genealogy resolution: write a book on my father's paternal roots.
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| My mother, Alberta Joy (Gardner) Brown and her other, Helen F. (Coyle) Gardner |
Remembrances is the story of my
mother’s family from stories told me to when I was a child to research I did as
an adult. My maternal grandmother’s family includes the surnames Brady, Coyle,
Cunningham, Gibney, Mullane, Sullivan & more from the counties Cavan, Cork
& Tipperary in Ireland. My maternal grandfather’s family includes the
surnames Edelstein, Farkas, Gartner, Horn, Katz, Weissberg & more from Eastern
Europe. How did these very different families come together? What was life like
for my grandparents? What were the
celebrations and sorrows in their lives? Research in archives, libraries,
courthouses & cemeteries helped me answer many questions about these
families. Photographs, letters, diaries and documents helped to bring these
ancestors to life once again. This book includes timelines, family tree charts,
local history, source citations and an index. It is my sincere hope that the
stories in this book will keep our family’s ancestors alive far into the next
generations.
