Randy has posted this week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge over on Genea-Musings. This could be a challenge since math is not my strong suit. First off, I’m supposed to choose one of my Great Grandfathers. I selected Pierre Lassalle because he just had a birthday 😉 He was born 26 Aug 1861, Ogeu les…
Let’s Play a Game for Labor Day Weekend!
I thought we’d have some fun over the holiday weekend. This is a translation game. I had a passenger list that I forgot to note the ship’s name on. I went back to the ellis island website and then to ancestry.com, but I couldn’t find the darn thing! Eventually, I used stevemorse.org to identify which…
Surname Saturday: Paiva of Maia and Achada
This week I’m carrying forward the paternal line of Manoel Paiva Braga–and it’s not Braga 😉 This continues the de Braga line that I posted about a few weeks ago. The Paiva’s line originates in Achada Grande, Nordeste, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. It then moves to Maia, Ribeira Grande, same island around 1700. Joao de…
Treasure Chest Thursday: K Chin Prints
Last year when I was packing stuff up to move I came across these lithographs: The prints are very colorful. All of them have the name K. Chin on them somewhere. (You can see a little bit of the name in the bottom left hand corner of the tiger.) The prints are probably from the…
Worldless Wednesday: Get A Load Of This!
My Mom with her Uncle, Anton “Dean” Souza, and some big ol’ fish. Taken ca 1938, Oakland, CA.