Let the (Ancestral) Digging Begin!

When told that we were doing an ancestors project I became very excited. I have always wanted to learn more about my families history. Both of my parents are first genereation in the United States so I really only know about my great grandparents and ancestors through my grandparents, parents and relatives.

My maternal and paternal grandparents met their spouses shortly after their arrival to the United States coincidentally all four of them immigrated to New York. My maternal Grandpa is from the Dominican Republic and immigrated to the United States in search of refuge from the rising dictator Rafael Trujillo. My maternal Grandma immigrated to the United States from Costa Rica, to chase the "American Dream" and be able to provide for her four children who remained in Costa Rica. Both my paternal grandparents had a similar goal in mind of escaping poverty and made their way to New York from Ireland.

For the sake of this project I will be researching an ancestor from my paternal side of my family in Ireland. From my research online I cannot seems to find any information regarding my maternal side of the family. Although research on both sides of my family is challenging a few years ago one of my cousins began compilling a family tree and went to Ireland to access documents and records not accessible to us here. I am very excited to begin my research on the McLoughlin clan and learn about my family history!