Lamentation for the Baron of Loughmoe
By Benjamin Christensen My wife Megan and I were in Ireland last week and paid a visit to Loughmoe Castle, the ancestral seat of the...
Lineage of George Duncan Purcell
Thank you to Pamela Slutz who submitted her research continuing the lineage of George Duncan Purcell. This picks up from the lineage...
Obituary of Ethel Ida Purcell Morris-Caffee
Longtime PFA member Ethel Ida Purcell Morris-Caffee of Tuscaloosa passed away on December 8, 2021, at her home. Below is excerpted from...
Purcell Cemetery Mystery
During my many years of genealogical research about my family lines, I have enjoyed the process for a number of reasons, such as learning...
June Purcell, cofounder of the Purcell Family of America, has passed away
June Packer Purcell, who together with her husband Todd founded the Purcell Family of America in 1972, passed away on Monday, June 8th....
A Purcell gathering in Ireland
A guest post from Brien Purcell Horan, creator of purcellfamily.org. Dear Members and Friends of the Purcell Family of America: I write...
Thomas Purcell's 17th-century Staten Island cattle mark
This post is shared by JF Purcell, who can be contacted at jfpurcell (at) hotmail.com. For those of you on the Thomas line, I was able to...
Visit the new PFA Forum!
We've been testing a new approach to connecting those interested in Purcell history and genealogy using a Facebook group, and the early...
John Purcell, Prince William County, cont’d
When I left off my hunt for John Purcell in the 2017 Vol 46 No 4 Journal in November, I had found how my brick wall, Elizabeth Purcell,...
Ellis Island - and what came before
Many Americans researching their ancestry end up checking Ellis Island records at some point. FamilySearch.org posted two interesting...
