I posted this series in 2012. Since I haven’t written anything on Labor Day I thought I would repost it. Happy Labor Day Everyone! Yesterday, I got the idea to search out some photographs of my relatives at work. I turned it into a series of blog posts to honor them on Labor Day….
The Azores DNA Project Needs Your Help
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,…