I’d given up some time ago on finding my Breilh ancestors in the Ellis Island database (www.ellisislandrecords.org). I tried every variation of Breilh that I could think of. I tried first name searches as well. The family was nowhere to be found. Recently, I saw an obituary in the paper for a Lassalle. It listed…
Today is Ellis Island Family History Day
Do you have ancestors who came through Ellis Island? Today is your day 🙂 The significance of April 17th is that more immigrants passed through Ellis Island on this day than any other. The number was 11, 747. You can search for you Ellis Island ancestors by visited the Ellis Island website. For best results…
Tombstone Tuesday: Jozimas de Braga and Sophie Guido
This tombstone sits on the gravesite of my Great Great Grandfather, Jozimas de Braga at St. Mary’s Cemetery in Oakland, California. His name is wrong and is age is off by a year. At least they were close! Jozimas was a native of Maia, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. He was born 17 Jul…
John Jackson Did Not Die as an Infant
This weeks genealogy blogging prompt about anomalies brings many things to mind… My Grandma told me about her red headed brother, John Jackson. John was born three weeks before the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. In the turmoil, John got sick and died. Fast forward to the 1990s. I’m sitting at a microfilm reader…
Scanning with my Digital Camera
[This is my post in response to the Weekly Genealogy Blog Prompt #14, “Technology I Use in My Genealogy Research”] I have an aversion to my scanner. I am fully qualified to use it. I’ve got no problem with the software. It’s just that it’s such a slow process. Scan, check, crop, adjust…it’s enough to…