Thanks to Luis Pontes for sending me a note about this (and I apologize for taking so long to post the information!) A new book for Portuguese genealogist has been published. It’s called “Nobel Families of Portugal, Volume One: Abreu” by Manoel Jose da Costa Felgueiras Gaio. The book has been translated by Luis Pontes….
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Index to Passenger Manifests for Hawaii Online
Well, well, well! It looks like Hawaii has finally entered the digital age. Behold, the link to the Index for Passenger Manifests I know I am not the only one who is happy about this! The index covers 1843 to 1900. It includes these indexes: Index to Chinese Passenger Manifests Index to Portuguese Passenger Manifests…
Newspaper Clipping File: McSwegan
One of the families I know very little about is the McSwegan’s. My Gr Gr Gr Aunt, Catharine Kelly, married Thomas McSwegan sometime in the 1870s. They’re children were Hugh, Nellie, Joseph, Catherine, Alice, Arthur, and Ellen. The family lived in various areas of San Francisco. I know that Catharine lived with several of her…
A Genealogy Website I Could Not Do Without
Everyone’s got favorite website. Some gravitate towards the large sites with numerous databases covering their area of research. Others have found a small site that covers a county or a town where their people originated from. Each would deem these websites indispensable. One website I could not do without is the SFGenealogy website run by…
Getting to Know You, Getting to Know Your Blog Roundup
Terry Thornton of the Hill Country of Monroe County, Mississippi blog challenged genealogy bloggers to tell their readers a bit about themselves and their blog. Then they were asked to highlight their best, breeziest, and most beautiful articles or posts. You can read my response if you like: Getting to Know the Research Journal. Many…