Category Archives: 2008 Genea Bloggers Summer Games Competition
My Mysterious Ancestor Felicianno de Mello
Felicianno de Mello was almost a lost ancestor. I knew he was my Great Great Great Grandfather from my Great Great Grandmother’s baptismal record. Though I knew that he was born and married in the town of Maia on Sao Miguel Island, I could not find any record of his birth or marriage. I had …
Genea Blogger Games Competition Wrap Up
The Genea Blogger Games competition has ended. I really enjoyed working on the various challenges. I learned several things about my genealogy, organization, and methods–some good and some really need some work! Time to wrap up what I’ve accomplished. I’ll compare what I set out to accomplish and what I actually ended up doing. It …
Organizing Digital Photographs
One of the challenges I undertook for the Genea Blogger Games was to organize my digital photographs. I had to do a minimum of 20. My photographs are already fairly well organized. They are all labeled with names of who is in them and a date if known. My current family photographs are kept in …