Category Archives: IslandRoutes News
Portuguese Hawaiian Group on Facebook Hits 500 Member Mark
I’ve been on the web promoting Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy for almost 20 years. First with AOL’s Golden Gate Genealogy Forum, and on the web with Genealogy Chats, Inc., and in between with my own website, yourislandroutes.com. Several times, I tried building online communities for those researching in the same area: Google Groups, Forums, Message Boards, …
Updated Link Pages on YourIslandRoutes.com
From time to time even the laziest webmaster gets something done. That would be me. I have updated two of the link pages on YourIslandRoutes.com. The first is the Portuguese Hawaiian Homepage Highlight. Users have submitted the links to their family genealogy pages and websites. http://www.yourislandroutes.com/homepagehighlight.shtml The second is the Hawaii Related Indexes and Database …
Where were you when the Loma Prieta Quake Struck?
Today marks the anniversary of the Loma Prieta earthquake. 17 October 1989 started out as a day of hope and excitement. People were excited about the Bay Bridge Series between the A’s and the Giants. They got in their cards, sat down in a seat on a BART train, or waited for the bus to …