It’s days like this when I feel at a loss for words. Someone who obviously needed psychiatric help opens fire in a crowded theatre. People who were enjoying themselves, excited about a movie premiere find themselves in a horrifying situation. Some lived to tell the tale. Others will never speak again, their lives cut short….
Disproving and Proving Information
In my previous post, I wrote about how a genealogist solved the mystery of Rose (Caires) Vieira. While Rose’s story was unfolding, her daughter’s was not. Maria was said to marry someone by the surname of Goias. But, that was about all we knew of her. There was a Maria (Vieira) Goias in the California…
Genealogist Are Awesome!!!
A week or so ago, I blogged about my mystery relative, Rose (Caires) Vieira. I hope that someone would read the post and tell me what had happened to her. My cousin, Teresa, and I had put together what we had, which was very little. With our efforts exhausted we turned to the web for…
The Organizing Project: An Update
Last year, I was determined to get through a several years worth of backlog of documents on my computer. I worked slowly and steadily through folders. My goal was to complete it before the 1940 Census came out in April. How did I do? Not so good. I didn’t meet my goal. I was on…
SNGF: Popular Baby Names
Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge was posted last night. This week I’m supposed to see how popular my name is in different decades. Since my name isn’t all that common, I’m going to guess that it was popular in the 1960s and 1970s, but not much before or after. Will I be right? Using…