Genealogy, History, Heritage, How To
Researching female relatives is challenging. Often, they are listed as a first name or worse “Mrs. So and So”. If you are looking for records to help with your more current female relatives, look no further. The Social Security Applications and Claims Index, 1936-2007 is online at Ancestry.com and it’s a winner! An Important Genealogy…
Do you know who the first graduate in your family tree is? I got to thinking about this. I know that my mom was the first person in my direct line to graduate from high school. Who was the first person in my extended family to do so? Frederick J. Meincke Jr., San Francisco Native…
When going through old newspapers I sometimes read the other articles on the page. Yeah, I’m that easily distracted. I was looking at the obituaries in a Daily Review newspaper from 1971 when this headline caught my eye… Microfiche was Going to Change Our Lives Remember the good old days when every household had a…
Today websites across the internet are participating in Net Neutrality Day to send the FCC a message loud and clear: Keep your hands off the internet. Net Neutrality is important for website owners and visitors alike. As website owners, we already pay for our domain names and web hosting (some incur more costs in servers,…
Randy’s latest Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge over at GeneaMusings.com asks us to write about our ancestor who had the most children. It’s funny because I’ve been working on the line of my most prolific ancestor, Miguel do Monte who had 21 children. Who was Miguel do Monte? Miguel is my 6th great grandfather. He…