Randy has his Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge at GeneaMusings out early today, so I thought that I’d get right on top of it. This week’s challenge is based on Crista Cowan’s blog post Family History All Done? What’s Your Number? The idea that a family history could be all done boggles my mind. I’ve…
Friday Free Ebook: Labor Conditions in Hawaii
This book should be of interest to those who had relatives working on the sugar plantations in Hawaii. “Labor Conditions in Hawaii: a Letter from the Secretary of Labor transmitting the fifth annual report of the Commission of Labor Statistics on Labor Conditions in the Territory of Hawaii for the Year 1915”. Washington : Government…
She Lived in the Same Neighborhood
[I am working my way backwards through Amy Coffin’s 52 Weeks of Abundant Genealogy because I wasn’t paying attention the first half of the year. This is week #30…Serendipity] This happened sometime in the mid-1990s after I began volunteering with AOL’s Genealogy Chat. Because of chat, I came into contact with many genealogists and learned…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: Koch and Meincke Marriage License
Recently, I’ve been working with the San Francisco County Records at <a href=”http://www.familysearch.org” target=”_blank”>FamilySearch.org</a>. This collection includes marriage licenses, certificates, and record indexes covering roughly 1906 to 1975. This week I located the marriage license of Carl Koch and Winifred Meincke. Winifred was born in 1886 to Mary Ann (Kelly) and Frederick Meincke. Carl was…
GeneaOlympics Round Up
The real Olympics are over and so are the GeneaOlympics. I want to thank Randy Seaver at GeneaMusings for his extra challenges and, of course, AnceStories for the original challenges. This time around I decided to focus primarily on challenges that were related to my blog. My blog was sorely in need of some love…