Another installment in “My Area’s of Expertise”… Now, let me tell you about Hawaii, that beautiful island paradise. In Hawaii, I’ve experienced a similar problem but for different reasons. Hawaii was very isolated until the 1830s. When outsiders started seeing the potential to make money, Hawaii became much like a super sonic boom town. Things…
Month: March 2009
Impossibly Places to Research: San Francisco Pre-1906
My other main research expertise is finding alternative records when the normal records may not exist. You see, I am dogged by places where the official records have been wiped out or official record keeping was haphazard because things were happening too quickly. Take my Kelly and Dolan clans. Why in the world did they…
A Woman Called Nanny
As I remember Nanny, she was a sweet old woman (probably only 60 at the time!) Nanny was my Great Aunt, Maria (Pacheco) Correia. I had no idea at the time what a life Nanny lead. Now that I know, I have so much more appreciation for the wonderful person she was. Maria was born…
My Area of Expertise: Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy
This weeks Genealogy Blogger prompt asks Genea-Bloggers to write about their areas of expertise. My main area of expertise is Portuguese Hawaiian genealogy research. This spreads from work in Sao Miguel Island (Azores), Hawaii (mainly Kauai), Oakland (California), and the Salinas Valley (California). I have done research in all these places. In following my families…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Your Paternal Grandmother’s Patrilineal Line
This Saturday Night challenge come from Randy over at the Genea-Musings Blog: Provide a list of your paternal grandmother’s patrilineal line. Here are my answers… * What was your father’s mother’s maiden name? Mazeres * What was your father’s mother’s father’s name? Charles Mazeres dit Salanave * What is your father’s mother’s father’s patrilineal line?…