Wednesday, July 23, 2008

Genealogy in Massachusetts

I took a working trip to Massachusetts from mid-June to mid-July. It gave me a chance to do some genealogical work while I was there (since I grew up in Massachusetts). I found a great biography of my granduncle, Edward J. Connelly, in the Wakefield Public Library and I also located a few of my Connelly relatives. Edward J. Connelly was a World War I war hero and was apparently in the first group of American troops to engage the Germans in that conflict. I also came across his grave in the Forest Glade Cemetery in Wakefield. It's always good to know where the bodies are buried. The town of Wakefield also erected a park in his name but I didn't have a chance to visit it.