In my early years of contacting cousins, I learned about a special photograph that had relatives from my Pacheco side of the tree in it. As the story always went… The person we shall name “cousin”, but it really refers to 6 or 7 different cousins, went to Hawaii sometime in the 1980s. They were…
SNGF: Genea Asset Confessions
I’m a bit late with Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge. Mostly because I had to crawl out from my rock of embarrassment before I could write this post. This week is True Confessions…just how organized am I? And, I would say, not very, but I am working on it. I’m giving myself a B…
That’s Old News: Extreme Sports 1890’s Style
Doing some research the other day, I came across this drawing in the San Francisco Chronicle, 10 January 1897: It appears Push Ball was the next big thing…maybe the first extreme sport! The shere was 6 feet in diameter. The two teams push the ball around, against each other. It is unclear if they are…
Wordless Wednesday: Our Tallest Cousin, Gordon Garrett
Gordon Garrett, son of Harry Garrett and Julia (Jackson) Lien, with one of my Grandmother’s boyfriends. Photo taken ca 1950. He came in at 6 feet 9 inches tall. I remember him coming in the house and having to duck to get under the door jamb.
Veronique is Laid to Rest
One of my most persistent mysteries was what happened to Veronique Mazeres after she married Baptiste Dupouy in San Francisco in 1899. My research turned up no leads in the census, city directories, or other sources. I was beginning to think that Veronique had gone back to France. After scanning many photographs from my…