Ancestry.com added the California Voter Registration indexes awhile back. They are excellent resource for anyone searching for ancestors between 1900-1950 or so. If you are researching Portuguese Hawaiians who left for California, these records may help you locate where they were residing. The indexes can be tricky to search. Surname searches are too convoluted. First…
Finding my Relatives’ Houses with Google Street View
I’m so excited! Google Street View has finally added the streets I need in Oakland, California. Yeah! I couldn’t wait to try out some searches. A couple of months ago, I tried to find my Grandparent’s house. Google gave me an approximation. I knew instantly it was the wrong house. I was thrilled to see…
Funny day at the microfilm reader
I have Azorean roots. So, along the way I had to learn a little Portuguese in order to read the Azorean records. I’m self taught and use vocabulary lists, research guides, and a trusty dictionary to get me through. One day, I was up at the local FHC working on baptismal records in Maia, Ribeira…
Changing Direction on this blog
I apologize for the lack of entries over the last 6 months. Family health problems have left me drained and I have had trouble getting the “must get dones” finished let alone the “want to get dones” If there are any readers left, I’d like to let you know that this blog will be changing…
Happy New Year!
I would like to wish all my readers a Happy 2008! May it be a prosperous, enjoyable year filled will whatever you want it to be. I have to apologize for the lack of posts on this blog. For some reason, I completely forgot about the research journal and left the Boisvert’s hanging by a…