Genealogy, History, Heritage, How To
I have made a wonderful discovery. You can read Family Tree magazine on your PC, laptop, or mobile device through your local public library for free. It’s possible if your library subscribes to Zinio for Libraries. If you aren’t familiar with this company, it is an online digital magazine service. You subscribe just as you…
Bring out the streamers and noise makers. The Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy, History, and Heritage website, YourIslandRoutes.com turned 14 in September. Yeah, September. Okay, so it’s sort of a belated anniversary celebration. It has been kind of hectic here and I’d forgotten all about it. Who would have thought after 14 years that the website and…
I’ve been trying to find photographs of my relatives so that I can make photo charts. RootsMagic has the capability to make photo descendant charts and I want to fill in as many faces as I can. I think it’s easier to grasp the family tree when you can associate a face with the name….
The other day I was doing some surname searches through Bing and Google images. A newspaper clipping came up that looked interesting. It linked to a summary page at Ancestry.com about my ancestors, but the information was wrong. The page I was taken to looked like this… It looks to be a summary from…
Sugar plantations were a big part of our Portuguese Hawaiian ancestors’ lives. The plantation provided them with a place to live, a job, schooling for their children, monthly wages, and a sense of community. Our ancestors’ lives revolved around the plantation whether at home, work, or play. Difficulties Finding the Name of the Plantation For…