I posted this series in 2012. Since I haven’t written anything on Labor Day I thought I would repost it. Happy Labor Day Everyone! Yesterday, I got the idea to search out some photographs of my relatives at work. I turned it into a series of blog posts to honor them on Labor Day….
Category: About My Ancestors
Eureka! I Have Found It!
Feast your eyes upon a beautiful sight… This is my great great grandparents, Jacinto Pacheco and Anna Jacinta de Mello’s marriage record. It is the culmination of 3-5 years of searching, a good 10 or more years of not being able to search because of my arthritis, and the end of a whole lot of…
SNGF: My Father’s Maternal Line
It’s time for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. Thanks to Randy for this challenge! This one is all about my Dad’s mother’s line. My Dad’s mother’s name was Anna Madeleine Mazeres. She was born 17 Oct 1897 in San Francisco, CA and died 2 Feb 1984, also in San Francisco (though she lived in Oakland, CA…
A very young marriage
I came across a marriage for the sibling of one of my ancestor that gave me pause to think. The marriage is for Joze Correa and Roza de Rezendes. He is the son of Mateus Correa and Maria de Mello. She is the daughter of Domingos Pimentel and Barbara de Rezendes. They were married in…
Book of Me, Prompt 19: I Miss My Aunt Julie
This is another entry in the series Book of Me, Written by You. This entry we are to write about someone we miss. It would be easy for me to write about my Dad. He died in 2010. I’ve written about him extensively on this blog. So, today I’ll write about his sister, My Aunt…