In case you haven’t heard, there’s a new kid in town on the social network scene. It’s called GenealogyWise.com and it’s devoted to genealogy. I saw mention of GenealogyWise.com on Randy Seaver’s Genea-Musings Blog. Because I’m behind on only about 50 projects right now, I had to check it out! Before I knew it, I…
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Genealogy Bumper Stickers
Randy over at Genea Musings posted this Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge. Create your own genealogy related bumper sticker slogans. Here are some that I came up with. Not sure how creative I am…LOL: I fell off the Portuguese Hawaiian Family Tree I fell off the French Family Tree I fell off the Australian Family…
New Book: Noble Families of Portugal: Abreu
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….
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…