A week or so ago, I blogged about my mystery relative, Rose (Caires) Vieira. I hope that someone would read the post and tell me what had happened to her. My cousin, Teresa, and I had put together what we had, which was very little. With our efforts exhausted we turned to the web for…
Category: General Genealogy
The Organizing Project: An Update
Last year, I was determined to get through a several years worth of backlog of documents on my computer. I worked slowly and steadily through folders. My goal was to complete it before the 1940 Census came out in April. How did I do? Not so good. I didn’t meet my goal. I was on…
The Mystery of Rose Caires Vieira
Some of our relatives leave a wealth of information behind. Others seemed to have passed through this world leaving only a murmur. Rose (Caires) Vieira is one of those people. I’m writing this on behalf of my cousin, Teresa, in hope that someone will remember Rose. This photo was taken around 1940. We believe the…
It’s our blogaversary and I missed it!
I want to thank Thomas MacEntee for posting about the Research Journal’s blogaversary. If he hadn’t, I would have missed it completely. If you’ve been reading this blog for a few years, you know that the first incarnation was something different. I was posting research diaries that took you through a research problem. I ran…
Two Year Anniversary of My Dad’s Passing
Today marks the two year anniversary of my Dad’s death. Wow! Two years already. That first year was so long and now it’s been two years. It doesn’t seem possible. As the second anniversary rolls around, I find that my thoughts turn less from grief and more to the times we enjoyed. I don’t know…