I met a man through a cousin who met him on GeneaNet. He is our distant cousin. He actively researches our family tree and is an excellent ally for all things genealogy in France. This weekend he informed me that France has put up a new military database, Registres de Recrutement Militaire. The records give…
Category: About My Ancestors
My Maternal Grandmother’s Family Tree
I decided to create a widget for my Mom’s mother’s side. This is kind of sad. I have only two photos. There are no known photos of my Mom’s maternal grandfather. You can see that Harry Kenneth Jackson has left a whole in my tree. I’ve been working on his lines since 1990 and I…
My Maternal Grandfather’s Family Tree
One of the neat things about using WikiTree is once you have the data uploaded you can make some neat graphics for your blog. I wish I had more photos of my ancestors. The empty photo spots aren’t as appealing. I created this tree using their widget. These are my Azorean roots. embeddable family…
Reassessing the Surname Algravia
I’ve written before about how my great grandfather, Theodoro, changed his surname from Pacheco to Smith. We were all told for generations that he thought there were too many Pacheco’s in Oakland, CA so he changed his surname to Smith. Ha Ha silly immigrant! The truth was far more complicated. My great grandfather contracted leprosy…
Where Have I Been?
It’s been awhile since I’ve put finger to keyboard for a new blog post. Where the heck have I been? Well, let me tell you… I put out a family newsletter at the end of the year. This isn’t your typical “what we did last summer” kind of thing. It’s a family history newsletter for…