Category Archives: Heritage
SNGF: Number One Songs
Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge over at Genea Musings is to look up the #1 songs for the important days in our lives. Here are some of mine: Day I was born: I Want To Hold Your Hand by the Beatles Day I went to Kindergarten: Honky Tonk Woman by the Rolling Stones Day …
The Music of Carlos Paredes
I came across a CD a few years ago. It was a Portuguese musician named Carlos Paredes. Paredes played the Portuguese Guitar which is much rounder than the one that Americans are familiar with. Paredes was born in 1925 in Coimbra, Portugal. His Father was Arthur Paredes, a famous Portuguese musician. Paredes learned to played …
That’s Old News: Protecting A Woman’s Reputation?
In doing research in the Oakland Tribune, I came across this item under a section on saloon/liquor updates. The section was devoted to inspections on saloons, licenses applied for and the status, and different regulations. This was Oakland, Alameda County, California, 1907. I find it funny that businesses that served alcohol had to be equipped …