I’ve been working on my brother-in-law’s Murphy-Higgins line for a few years. While I was able to find many generations of research done on both his Boisvert and La Grange lines, the Murphy-Higgins line moved at a snail’s crawl. The trouble starts with his Great Great Grandmother. She was a widower before 1900. Documentation wise…
Author: Melody Lassalle
Genealogist and writer. Creator of the Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy and Heritage website, yourislandroutes.com
Surname Saturday: Pacheco
Pacheco is one main surnames of my maternal family tree. The line originates from Fenais de Vera Cruz (aka Fenais d’Ajuda), Nordeste, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. My first known ancestor with this surname is Francisca Pacheco, b. ca 1730, Fenais de Vera Cruz. I do not know who her husband was. She had at least…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Birthday Twin
Randy’s Genea Musing’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge for this week was to search my databases and find my birthday twin. I didn’t realize how unique I was. I have my genealogy in three distinct databases. Jones – Jackson = no matches Lassalle – Mazeres = no matches Pacheco – de Braga = 4 matches…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Who Do You Blame?
Technically, it’s Sunday. But, my brain is so befuddled lately that I’m day late and a dollar short most of the time. So, I’m doing Randy’s challenge today. Brenda Joyce has an interesting blog post called Who or What Do You Blame? In this post she writes about how she got started on her genealogy…
Intentional Acts of Genealogy Terrorism
Randy over at Genea Musings posted this piece on October 8th. He then asked if other genealogists had altered records for various reasons. He asked these questions: * Have you ever done something like an IAOGT (Intentional Act of Genealogical Terrorism)? If so, why? * Was anybody intellectually, physically or emotionally hurt by this act? * …