Genealogy, History, Heritage, How To
Did you know that the University of Massachusetts has digitized Portuguese language newspapers? Did you know that this collection includes Portuguese language Hawaiian newspapers? Sometimes those Portuguese language newspapers are helpful and they lead to articles in English language newspapers. That’s how I learned about the Pacheco boys being the first on Kauai to sign…
Not many people know that the Kilauea Sugar Plantation was one of the first to begin using trains to move their sugar cane around. So, when Bev, my cousin’s wife, sent me a copy of the train photo with these Pacheco brothers in it, I was so excited. Surely, they had been a part of…
This is Genealogy Research Journal #2. In this series, I’ll show how the Camara and Cosma families who spent so much time together turned out to be related. This turned into a tricky research problem. It involves multiple name changes. Also, at the time I took up this problem those living had forgotten their connections….
This is the fifth entry in the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge. The theme is Ploughing Through. I wonder how many researchers with Portuguese Hawaiian ancestry realize that their female ancestors were under contract, too? My great great grandmother was one of those women. This is the original sugar plantation contract that my great…
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…