As of today, I am an official participant in the 2008 Genea Blogger Group Games. I will be competing in all five categories, but my goal is not to complete every task in every categories. I would like to do my best and make a good showing, a bit better than the Eddie the Eagle…
Little Ol’ Grandma
I have a few photographs of my Grandma Lassalle as a young woman. It is difficult for me to reconcile the fashionable young woman in those early 1900 photographs with the old woman I knew as my Grandma. As I remember her, she was VERY old. (She was barely 70 in my earliest recollections!) She…
The 1906 Earthquake Leaves a Mark on My Relatives
My relatives were native San Franciscans with a history that went back to the early 1850s. At 5:13am, 18 April 1906, an earthquake shattered the lives of everyone in the city and many others of the Bay Area region. My relatives were impacted by this horrific event in more ways than one. The Jacksons Are…
The Train Photo Mystery
The introduction of trains into the Hawaiian sugar plantation system was a major advancement. Trains made the shipping of cane from one end of the plantation to another much easier. In the early years, track was laid as needed. Later trains became an integral part of Hawaiian plantation technology. In small way, my ancestors were…
How to Create a Genealogy Timeline
Have you ever gotten stuck with your family tree? If so, you know that any tips or tools that will help you get over the roadblock are invaluable. Timelines are such a tool. They can point to holes in your research. They can show you things that you might not have caught such as an…