Many people don’t know about the Azores DNA Project. It is one of the groups developed via FTDNA.com’s website. Azoreans who have their DNA tests done can then join the group. The purpose of the group is to help Azorean genealogists (whether you are Azorean or one line of your tree is Azorean) connect with…
Why didn’t I think of this before?
The more I spread my family tree out on the internet the more cousins I drag in (willingly, of course. Just this month I have had four new cousins find me through Facebook and I’ve made two new ones through my DNA test. I love finding new cousins, really I do! But, I’m finding that…
Eureka! I Have Found It!
Feast your eyes upon a beautiful sight… This is my great great grandparents, Jacinto Pacheco and Anna Jacinta de Mello’s marriage record. It is the culmination of 3-5 years of searching, a good 10 or more years of not being able to search because of my arthritis, and the end of a whole lot of…
SNGF: Genealogy Resources and Usage
For Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge this week, he has asked us to fill out a survey. Below are the questions with my answers. 1) Answer these questions in my survey about genealogy resources and usage: a) Which genealogy software programs for your computer do you use (e.g., Family Tree Maker,…
My DNA Results are in!
You all may remember that sometime in May I sent in my samples for a FTDNA Family Finder autosomal DNA test. Well, my results are in! My roots are as follows: My father’s side: entirely French back to at least 1600 My mother’s side: paternal-Azorean (same island, Sao Miguel); maternal-English, Irish, and Welsh. My Welsh…