• Kevin’s Version of “Grace”

    By Published On: April 17th, 2009Categories: Immediate Family, Video Stories

    This is Kevin's version of grace which he learned at daycare.

  • Jim Hayes And The Reason Campaign

    By Published On: April 16th, 2009Categories: Bio's, Surname: Hayes (on Lewis Side)

    I found this interesting video on Cousin Jim. A lifelong Republican, Jim has had a long and successful career in magazine publishing, including Fortune. A traditional conservative believing in small government and fiscal responsibility, Jim has also been deeply concerned about the deep polarization in America over the last couple years even as the problems

  • Cousin James (Jim) B. Hayes To Receive The Ellis Island Medals of Honor Award

    By Published On: April 16th, 2009Categories: General News, Surname: Hayes (on Lewis Side)

    Who: James B. Hayes What: Ellis Island Medals of Honor When: Saturday, May 9, 2009 The Ellis Island Medals of Honor are presented to Americans of diverse origins for their outstanding contributions to their own ethnic groups and to American society. Honorees typically include U.S. Presidents, Nobel Prize winners, leaders of industry, and gifted artists,

  • Found the Descendants of Patrick & Kate Hayes

    By Published On: April 15th, 2009Categories: On The Genealogy Trail, Surname: Hayes (on Lewis Side)

    This week’s genealogical success was with the Hayes branch on the Lewis side of the family. In the recent months I had found many articles that mentioned James V. Hayes, but lacked concrete evidence to link them to the descendants of Patrick Hayes and Johanna Cowhey.

  • Obit: Agnes B. Hayes, Wife of James V. Hayes

    By Published On: April 15th, 2009Categories: Obituaries, Surname: Hayes (on Lewis Side)

    HAYES-Agnes B. Age 92. On April 15, 1997. Beloved wife of the late James V. Devoted mother of Mary- Ann Mumma, James B. and John. Adored grandmother of ten. Dearest great-grandmother of four. Friends may call at Frank E. Campbell, 1076 Madison Ave. at 81st St., Wednesday, 6-8PM. Funeral Mass on Thursday, St. Thomas More,

  • Obit: James Vincent Hayes, An Antitrust Lawyer

    By Published On: April 15th, 2009Categories: Obituaries, Surname: Hayes (on Lewis Side)

    James Vincent Hayes, a trial lawyer specializing in antitrust matters and a past president of the New York County Lawyers Association, died Saturday at his home on the Upper East Side of Manhattan after a long illness. He was 85 years old.

  • Excerpt of “Mr. Murray’s Consideration, a gift of friendship.”

    By Published On: April 15th, 2009Categories: General News, Surname: Hayes (on Lewis Side)

    The following is an excerpt of an article written by my new found cousin James B. Hayes. In the May-June 2008 issue of Dublin’s “Ireland of the Welcomes” magazine, there is a several-page photo-article by a native of NYC, James B. HAYES, former publisher of “Fortune” magazine, now living and writing in Colorado Springs, in

  • The Great Easter Egg Hunt of 2008

    By Published On: April 11th, 2009Categories: Family Events

    Last year, my brother Peter and his wife organized “The Great Easter Egg Hunt of 2008”. While I was lost within a minute of the instructions, the kids seemed to figure it out and had a great time!

  • Rendezvous Report For Jonathan Beattie

    By Published On: April 9th, 2009Categories: On The Genealogy Trail, Surname: Beattie

    Several branches of the Beattie family have been told of Jonathan J. Beattie’s time in the Navy during the Civil War.  Unfortunately, none of us have any details of his experience there.   My Uncle Lloyd only documented that he believed that Jonathan “Was a Seaman in the US Navy  in the Savannah, Georgia area”.