This weeks Genealogy Blogger prompt asks Genea-Bloggers to write about their areas of expertise. My main area of expertise is Portuguese Hawaiian genealogy research. This spreads from work in Sao Miguel Island (Azores), Hawaii (mainly Kauai), Oakland (California), and the Salinas Valley (California). I have done research in all these places. In following my families…
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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Your Paternal Grandmother’s Patrilineal Line
This Saturday Night challenge come from Randy over at the Genea-Musings Blog: Provide a list of your paternal grandmother’s patrilineal line. Here are my answers… * What was your father’s mother’s maiden name? Mazeres * What was your father’s mother’s father’s name? Charles Mazeres dit Salanave * What is your father’s mother’s father’s patrilineal line?…
Reorganizing My Computer Files
After my hard drive crashed in January and I got a new computer, I began reloading all my old genealogy files. This included folders filled with documents, indexes, and a variety of research sources. Now that I’ve got everything reloaded, I’m rethinking my former method of organization. Previously, I had a main folder titled “Genealogy…
Back on the Dolan Trail
I just cannot give up! As you know, yesterday I learned that a family I’d hoped was related to my tree and had been researching for some 5 years, turned out not to be related. It was really disappointing, to say the least. Today, I woke up with renewed verve and vowed that these Dolan’s…
I Found John Dolan’s Obituary
If you heard a heavy sigh awhile ago, that was me. I have been researching a prospective Dolan family for a couple of years now to see if the father might be my “Unknown Dolan”, brother to Patrick, Catherine, Margaret, and Bridget. Tonight I got my answer and it wasn’t good. I have a trial…