(Advent Calendar of Christmas Memories Day 10: Gifts) As I wrote about my doll, Tippy Toes, for the Smile for the Camera Edition #19, I thought I’d bring back my story about Grandma’s pajamas. Though the pajamas weren’t necessarily my favorite gifts to receive (what five year old dreams of pajamas?), but they do bring…
Category: About My Ancestors
The Most Grandchildren
The MyHeritage blog asked a question on its December 5th post. What is the largest number of grandchildren to a couple in your family tree? I took a gander at my tree to see what I could find. I decided not to go too far back. On many of my distant lines I’ve yet to…
Tombstone Tuesday: Learning Melvin Medeiros’ Story
My Pacheco and de Braga lines intersect with a family from Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaii, who went by de la Cross (or de la Cruz), Medeiros, and Andrew or Andrew Medeiros–take your pick. As our lines crossed a few times, I ended up documenting their descendants as well as mine. One of the descendants, Melvin Medeiros,…
SNGF: Grandparents are important because…
This is Randy’s weekly challenge, Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. ======== Grandparents nurture their grandchildren and teach them about love. They lead by example. They pass down family history and traditions. They make their grandchildren feel special. Everyone needs to feel special. When we view our parents as grandparents, we see them through new eyes. We…
SNGF: My TMRUA
It’s time for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun, Randy’s fun weekly genealogy challenge! This week I’m supposed to identify my TMRUA–third most recent unknown ancestor and supply some information on him or her. I am able to go out to my 4th greats for most of my lines (except the Jackson’s) I have to go out…