I don’t know how I miss this one! Familysearch.org now has the San Francisco, California Passenger Lists 1893-1953 Collection. The collection is indexed and linked to the original ship manifests. Be aware that the index is not complete. I did a few surname searches and found that it covers roughly 1916-1953 at this time. The…
SNGF: Trick and Treat
Randy has put up his weekly Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge. This week we’re supposed to post a trick we have learned recently and then post a treat we’ve received. The trick I learned recently helped me research property in San Francisco via the San Francisco Property Information Database. By entering an address (be sure…
Ancestry.com Doesn’t Offer Much for Hawaiian Researchers
Today is my pet peeve day. For the umpteenth time, I’ve heard a Portuguese Hawaiian genealogist (i.e. someone researching their Portuguese roots in Hawaii) tell me that they bought a subscription to ancestry.com and they “can’t find anything!” UGH! I hate those words. Let me start by saying, this isn’t a slam at ancestry.com. Ancestry.com…
Book of Me, Prompt 9: Trick or Treat Smell My Feet…
This is part of the Book of Me, Written by You series. This week Julie Goucher has asked us to write about Halloween, whether we celebrated it, and the costumes we wore. This is me in 1967. I imagine this is the first Halloween I participated in. I was 3 years old. Halloween was a…
My Migration Map
A few years ago, for Family History Month (which is this month!) I decided to make a migration map. I found a library online with historical maps. I chose one sort of in the middle of the time frame for my many migrations (the first being in the 1400s). Then, I mapped out the migration…