Genealogy, History, Heritage, How To
It’s day 2 of RootsTech. It seems I have a habit of logging on just as the conference breaks up for lunch. No matter, I was able to watch a session on DNA from yesterday that I missed and one on the Portuguese of the East Coast from this morning before seeing some live sessions….
It’s difficult to explain how finding a relative’s story can impact you. Even moreso when the person you’re worked up about isn’t really related to you. You know, the son of the cousin’s neighbor’s brother kind of thing. So it was with one little news boy It started with a newspaper clipping I was working…
It’s time for the RootsTech 2023 Conference. I’m attending virtually. I honestly don’t know how you all keep up in person! I’m tired trying to keep a schedule from my couch. Just look at all the day 1 live sessions just on the Main Stage that you can watch in your pajamas if you so…
It’s funny how things happen in genealogy. Recently I sat in on the webinar “Proving Identity: Not Matching Names” at Legacy Family Tree Webinars, and then, found myself researching a similar situation. This research involved my great aunt, Margaret (Jackson) Fafri, and her bag full of husbands. Four husbands in 20 years–or so I thought. …
Jilda (Pacheco) Collins was the daughter of Maria (de Braga) and Albano Carvalho Pacheco. She is related to me through my great grandfather, Jozimas de Braga. She is his 3rd great niece. According to her cousin, Jilda’s intelligence was legend and she was spoken of with high regard. Jilda excelled in school and graduated from…