I’m working through my paternal Portuguese family tree for Surname Saturday. This week I am going to cover my Silva line of Conceicao. The Silva’s are ancestors of my Great Grandfather, Theodoro Pacheco (aka Theodore P. Smith). The line begins with Jose da Silva, born circa 1670 in Conceicao, Ribeira Granda, Sao Miguel Island, Azores….
My Kelly’s Are Driving Me Insane
I have spent the last couple of days working on my Kelly line. I have learned alot about Martin and Catherine (Dolan) Kelly in the last two years. Even though I have collected alot of data on them, I still can’t find the couple in the 1880 Census. I decided to take another look at…
Friday Free Ebook: Portuguese English Dictionary 1860
This week I’ve selection a Portuguese English dictionary as our Friday Free Ebook. In talking with different Portuguese genealogists, we sometimes lament that it would be nice to have a language dictionary from the era we are translating from. While modern dictionaries are helpful, they sometimes miss minor spelling differences and variations in definition. Being…
Monday Mystery: A Kelly Out of Place
I spent the weekend working on my Kelly folder. I got alot of documents input and organized. As I was flipping through city directory pages I noticed this entry in the 1893 San Francisco City Directory: Kelly, Michael J, horseshoer, r Five Mile House It caught my eye because my relative, Mary (Kelly) Meincke and…
Fatherless on Father’s Day
Happy Father’s Day to all the Dads out there! My Dad passed away 4 May 2010. So, this is my second Fatherless Father’s Day. It is strange not having a Dad to celebrate today. No gift to purchase, no card to sign. The first Father’s Day without him was very hard. It was only a…