This is week 2 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This week’s theme: King. I am writing about Goncalo Vaz Botelho, descendant of kings and queens. In scanning the list I see the first connection is Fernando I, the King of Castille and Leon (1345-1383). Goncalo is his 12 great grandson. Not many know, and…
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52 Ancestors: Give Me a Fresh Start on Harry Jackson
I am joining in on the No Story is Too Small Blog’s “52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks” challenge. This weeks theme is Fresh Start and this is my post about Harry Kenneth Jackson, my pain in the butt ancestor. Harry is my great grandfather. He was born 24 of January maybe in 1871, or so…
SNGF: Best Find 2014, Hopes for 2015
This is my entry for Randy Seaver’s weekly Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge. This week we’re to write about our best find of 2014, then write about an ancestor we want to work on in 2015. 2014 was a year of many discoveries. The records in the Azores went online, Portuguese Hawaiian newspapers went online,…
Portuguese Newspaper Find: Photo of Seraphim de Braga
I am a believer in going back to databases from time to time and rechecking my searches. Sometimes I’ve learned things since the last search. Sometimes there have been updates to databases. Whatever the reason, it’s a good practice to get into. The University of Massachusetts has been adding Portuguese newspapers to it’s collection for…
Resolving Lost Children in My de Braga Line
Boy, my blogging has been slim to nothing lately. I apologize but a huge project with a deadline was dumped on me at the end of August and I couldn’t do anything else. I’m still in the midst of it. Of course, right in the middle of this project, the records I’ve been waiting on…