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The content of the Family Tree web site is accurate to the best of my knowledge. Wherever I've felt it necessary, I've supplied alternate information and theories. In researching and documenting your ancestry, sometimes you must take an educated guess or even follow a line of thinking until proven incorrect. If you feel some piece of information is incomplete or incorrect, please email me: mmmatt@ampliphoto.com

Researching the ancestry of the following families:
Marino and Tortorici (Gibellina, Trapani, Sicily / Omaha, NE)
Fealy, Casey, and Hartnett (Washington DC / Limerick, Ireland)
McCormick and McClane (Fayette County, PA)
Houdesheldt (Appanoose County, IA / Vinton County, OH / Shenandoah County, VA)
Flint and Dunning (Orange County, NY / Pike County, PA)
Pierce (Montgomery County, VA / New England)
Irelan(d) (Appanoose County, IA / Vinton County, OH / Morgan County, OH / Pennsylvania)
Hamm and Stirts / Sturts / Sturtz (Appanoose County, IA / Ohio / Pennsylvania)

Tracing each branch to a country of origin:
Luigi Marino and Giuseppa Marino née Tortorici - Gibellina, Trapani, Sicily
Thomas Fealy and Ellen Fealy née Casey - Limerick, Ireland
Andrew Guy and Mary Guy née McCreef - unknown locale in Ireland or Northern Ireland
Houdesheldt / Houdeshelt / Haudenschild - Northern Alsace