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…
The Mystery of Rose Caires Vieira
Some of our relatives leave a wealth of information behind. Others seemed to have passed through this world leaving only a murmur. Rose (Caires) Vieira is one of those people. I’m writing this on behalf of my cousin, Teresa, in hope that someone will remember Rose. This photo was taken around 1940. We believe the…
It’s our blogaversary and I missed it!
I want to thank Thomas MacEntee for posting about the Research Journal’s blogaversary. If he hadn’t, I would have missed it completely. If you’ve been reading this blog for a few years, you know that the first incarnation was something different. I was posting research diaries that took you through a research problem. I ran…
Happy 75th Birthday Golden Gate Bridge
Sunday was the 75th anniversary of the Golden Gate Bridge. If you’ve never visited the bridge, it’s quite a sight to see. On a clear day, it sparkles in the sunshine. I’ve visited it many times. Whenever I cross over it, I can help but think of the engineering genius that it is. They managed…
SNGF: My Unknown Ancestor
Randy’s challenge this week was to check my pedigree chart for my first unknown ancestor. This is a person who I know the surname of but nothing else or I know the first name but not the surname. I’d have to go back many generations on my French and Portuguese lines before I hit anyone…