I’m coining that phrase. I’ve been working on my cousin’s Raposo line. It seemed a simple request. Figure out if Francisco Raposo and Manoel Raposo of Kilauea were really brothers. To start, the birth place information in some records in Hawaii was inconsistent. I sorted it out and identified they were from the village of…
Category: Hawaii Genealogy
You never know who will have your family’s photos
This week I was reminded of the importance of networking on the web. It’s not a term you usually see associated with genealogy. But, we have to reach out on forums, blogs, message boards, and whatever sources we have because you never know who might have the tidbit of information you need or a forgotten…
An Example of Sugar Plantation Employee Records
Several years ago, I contacted the Hawaiian Sugar Plantation Association to see if there were records for the Kilauea Sugar Plantation as well as others on Kauai that were of interest to me. At that time, the records were still held by the Association. I found that they had no records for Kilauea and scant…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: The crazy way names are spelled
Recently, I’ve heard several Portuguese Hawaiian genealogist lament trying to find their ancestors in records because there are so many variations with the names. It’s true. No matter where your ancestor were originally from chances are you are going to find them in records under at least a handful of different names and spellings. It…
More I learn about Maria da Ponte the less it makes sense
I think there must be some genealogy law that for certain people the more information you compile the less it all seems to fit together. Today, I’m working on Maria dos Anjos Bonita who married Jose de Ponte. And, now that I’ve pieced the family together, I have more questions than answers. Maria was the…