I’ve been on the hunt for my 3rd great grandfather’s land records this week. I went through the indexes for San Mateo County, California and hit a gold mine. It turns out Martin Kelly owned more land than I ever dreamed possible. The family lore said that he owned “a boardinghouse in San Francisco”. That…
Category: About My Ancestors
It was bound to happen
I’ve gone through many pages of the baptismal and marriage books for Achada, Nordeste. Some pages are better than others. Up until now I’ve avoided finding a match that was unreadable. Until now. Looks a bit like one of the better fragments from the Dead Sea Scrolls, doesn’t it? It’s a baptismal record for the…
Twelve Genealogy Mysteries I’d Like to Solve
Well, I’m a little late to the show as always. It’s no longer 12/12/12, but I still want to play the game! On the Leaves and Branches blog, Colleen posted twelve mysteries she would like to solve. I thought I’d list mine, too. These are the mysteries I would like to solve in 2013 or…
Ana Jacinta’s Baptismal Record: More Questions than Answers
As with many records that I find, I ended up with a whole set of questions that I didn’t have in the first place. This week I found my Gr Gr Grandmother’s baptismal record. It was a record I had search for many years. Ana Jacintha (de Melo) Pacheco was born and baptized in 1835…
I finally found Ana Jacinta’s baptismal record
Before arthritis (also known as the time period B.A.), I used to go to the Family History Center in Oakland once or twice a month. I spent many hours pouring over the microfilm for Achada, Nordeste, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. I had a mystery to solve and the answer was in those microfilms. I had…