I've been collecting and assembling and writing about genealogical data and stories for more than 40 years. It's a fascinating and satisfying hobby, except that every answer leads to two new questions.Here I am at Castle Clinton, in Battery Park in NYC, where in November 1863 my g-g-grandparents on the Armstrong side disembarked "The Star of the West" after leaving the family's 30-acre farm in County Tyrone, Ireland.

I've been collecting and assembling and writing about genealogical data and stories for more than 40 years. It's a fascinating and satisfying hobby, except that every answer leads to two new questions.Here I am at Castle Clinton, in Battery Park in NYC, where in November 1863 my g-g-grandparents on the Armstrong side disembarked "The Star of the West" after leaving the family's 30-acre farm in County Tyrone, Ireland.