So one of my ancestors has on their birth certificate that they were born in Dublin, Ireland, while the rest of the family, I have listed as England (for lack of real information).  I was always told Toomeys are from England and the Gerrity's are from Ireland. 

So today I found an Ireland Birth registration for Peter J. Toomey with parents of Peter Toomey and Anastasia Cullen.  (Which are his parent's names by the way), and it was in a town outside of Dublin, but still considered Dublin for the Parish. 

Next, I found James Toomey (One of Peters's brothers) who was born in the same town as Peter above with the parents of Peter Toomey, and Anastasia Cullen.   I was thinking ok one could just be a fluke maybe someone with the same names, but I was at two.

A few minutes I find Anna Toomey (One of the names of Peters's sisters) born in the same town as Peter and with the same parents (Peter Toomey, and Anastasia Cullen.  What are the chances that this would be my family?

The years are slightly off from what I have, but it was mostly based on Census data for the birth year/birth location (I think the largest off was about 7 years). 

I am still missing a few of the family members (Lawrence, Jannie, and possibly a Michael).  But I saw and Obituary notice which I  cannot read (subscription) stating Jannie Toomey Corey was born in White Haven, England. 

As for my line Lawrence, I have yet to find anything credible anywhere for him. 

Currently, I have Peter Toomey and Anastasia Cullen in my tree which is at a brick wall.  I was told that they were from England, but documents keep contradicting this.  Some state England others state Ireland.     Nobody in the family really remembers where this side of the family comes from but most state England.   The problem is I have not been able to find any of those names in England.

In this, I have found a Peter Toomey and Anastasia Cullen on Ancestry.com who has had a few children but they don't line up with any family members, and or birth years. 

Not sure if its a match at this point.   So all these are from Dublin, so I would say at least they are the same family. (maybe not my family)

Still trying to find proof of where the family came from.  Looking for Immigration records, ect.

So my Line
Peter Toomey (1846) -Anastasia Cullen (1847)

Children
Ann Toomey 1858 England
Peter Toomey 1863 Ireland
James Toomey 1874 Ireland
Lawrence Toomey 1875 PA
Jannie Toomey 1887 England

First one is Anne Toomey  (Dublin) 1856

So I am pretty sure I found Patrick Geraghty (Gerrity) in Mayo, Ireland on FindAGrave.  The year is right, the wife's name, and son's name is accurate along with the location.  The problem is that Jane is not listed at the cemetery currently.  I have requested photo's for the Patrick Geraghty and Thomas Geraghty tombstones, and requested if Jane is near could they photo/add her to the list.   Does not get me any further back in my research, but it does help align dates (birth/death), and

This, in turn, could help me go another generation back in my research, currently, my birth dates are using ABT and a year, which is fine, just not altogether helpful.   

The other through a post on one of the many DNA groups I am part of I saw a post about educational discounts for 23andme DNA tests.  I put if off to the side not really thinking about it till today.   I really didn't even think there would be any sort of discount, but 23andMe does.

Ancestry $79 (20$ off) but the real winner here is the Ancestry+Heath which is $99.  And all you need is a .edu email account.  I even tried it with my old university account which is still active.  It was valid and got a link sent to my school email. 

With the link, I was able to get to the check-out of 23andMe for 99$ for the full test. 

It has been a long while since I have done a once over on my tree and see where I stand on certain lines, but I decided tonight to see if I could make any headway. 

Gerrity (My line Scranton, PA)-  I am still stuck at Patrick Gerrity and Jane Sheridan.  I know that they came from Mayo, Ireland and I believe that they stayed there and that the 3 daughters came to America, but its been hard to validate the right Patrick Gerrity/Jane Sheridan, or maybe I have been overthinking it. 

Either way, Patrick Gerrity (abt 1833) and Jane Sheridan (abt 1841) had at least 3 daughters:
Bridget Gerrity  (b 1885) - My line (married Lawrence Toomey)
Winifred Gerrity (b 1881) - John Brady
Anna Gerrity  (b 1872)  -  William Mckenna

I also have an image where it says that 2 were twins out of the three, but no family remembers which, and all the data that I have currently shown different years of birth.  I would think with a name like Winifred it should be easy to figure out the family, but I could not find an immigration record for her, maybe she was married before arriving?

The next family that has a brick wall is the Toomey line. (Lived in Scranton PA)
Lawrence Toomey married Bridget Gerrity.

Lawrence parents are
Anastasia Cullen and Peter Toomey.  (both abt 1847)

Now family says they were from England, but I think all information leads back to Ireland for this family.  I do have death certificates for both Anastasia and Peter (well Ancestry does, and I currently do not have a subscription.)

The third family would be Maczek

Johan Maczek (1820) Czech or Austria birth who married Josefa Podmola
-Child Anton Maczek - married Marie Pergal. 

I found Anton birth/marriage and it mentions a last name change from Macek to Maczek. 

I recently have been playing around with the new Family Tree Beta on 23andMe.  I was a little confused with it since I was unsure of which side parental/maternal should be on some lines, but was able to get it figured out eventually.

It was cool to try and figure out where the DNA matches were in my tree, which I had to bounce off of my Ancestry tree to narrow down the relationship.   This also enabled me to provide much-needed information about our connection when contacting relatives. 

I just wish more of my relatives had done their DNA on 23andMe to see the extent of the tree that you can create on the Family Tree Beta.

Since the last time I had checked out the new feature, it looks like they have conducted some refactoring, which I don't see anything radically different except it flipped the paternal/maternal placement in my tree.  I am sure there are some changes in the background that are not too evident.