[Written for the 52 Weeks of Personal Genealogy and History, Week 18: The Weather] I was a kid in the 1970s. During those years, California was gripped in a severe drought. As a child, this affected me in many ways. I always remember sunshine on my January birthday during those years. Spring came early almost…
Noble Roots: Getting from Antonio to Goncalo
In my earlier post, I showed how I connected to Antonio Medeiros Cordeiro. Antonio is sort of anchor ancestor who connects me to several noble family trees in the Azores and throughout Europe. One of the well known noble characters in my tree is Goncalo Vaz Botelho, “O Grande”. He was one of the original…
More On My Noble Roots
Earlier, I wrote about how most Azoreans will find nobility in their tree. My ancestor, Antonio Medeiros Cordeiro, leads off into a few different noble lines. This includes a connection to Goncalo Vaz Botelho, O Grande, who connects to European royalty. How am I and Antonio Cordeiro Medeiros? Antonio descends from my de Braga ancestry…
SNGF: Problem List Report
Randy Seaver’s got a new challenge for us for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun. Run the problem list report from my genealogy software and then report on it. I use RootsMagic 3.2.2. The Problem List Report can be found under Tools>Problem Search>Problem List. Selecting the Problem List brings up a screen where I can modify which…
Testing Out Geni.com
Randy Seaver has mentioned Genea.com in his posts over at Genea-Musings for quite some time. He had a post today about William and Kate’s ancestry. As I have royalty in my tree two (I did not get invited to the wedding though!), I decided to check out what Geni.com was all about. The tree that…