MARRIED JONES–KELLY–In this city, February 7, by the Rev. Father Scanlon, Thomas A. Jones to Miss Margaret Kelly, both of this city. [San Francisco Call, San Francisco, CA, 9 Feb 1869, page 3] It doesn’t look like much, does it? A groom, a bride, a priest, and a date. To the untrained eye, it’s just…
Category: General Genealogy
A Dabbler in Languages, A Master of None
I have lines in France, the Azores, Portugal, Australia, Ireland, and England. Further back into my noble lines, I hit most of Europe. Because of the wide range of countries, I’ve had to learn the basics of a couple of languages. I’ve learned a little French and a little more Portuguese. I know some Spanish…
Figuring out when John Dolan Died
In my last post about my Dolan research I wrote about how my Dolan’s were getting all tangled up with the Kelly surname. I’ve been following the family of John Dolan and Bridget Kelly who lived in San Mateo, California according to the 1880 census. Bridget (Kelly) Dolan’s obituary told me that she was a…
Organize Those School Papers
If you’re like me, you have a whole collection of school papers. They belong to a variety of people and are a complete mess! You may not feel this is very important to genealogy. It’s only a bunch of your old school stuff after all! Each document whether past or present adds to the family…
Life of Theodoro & Maria (de Braga) Pacheco
Another example of a timeline. This one is for my great grandparents, Theodoro Pacheco and Maria de Braga. In this example, I’ve incorporated historical events. It places my great grandparents within the events happening around them. ca500………Polynesians begin migrating to the Hawaiian islands 1178……….Capt. James Cook becomes the first European to arrive in the Hawaii…