One of the best finds so far with the San Francisco Property Information Maps website is finding the houses that Patrick Dolan, my 4th great uncle, owned and lived in. Or, maybe I should say house…more on that later. Patrick Dolan lived at 809 Guerrero from at least 1880 to 1900. When he died in…
Huge Find: San Francisco Property Information Map
Some of my best genealogy research adventures start with accidentally stumbling upon a website. It happened to me yesterday as I was doing research on a family business. I saw a link for San Francisco property records and decided to click on it. What I got was the “San Francisco Property Information Map” website. From…
Book of Me, Prompt 2: The day that I was born
[I am participating in a series of weekly prompts called the Book of Me, Written by You. Each week Julie Goucher will post a new blog prompt in this series. I hope you enjoy my response!] I was impatient to enter this world. My family was planning a trip to the snow that January, something…
The Book of Me, Prompt One: Who Are You?
[Note: I am participating in the blog prompt series The Book of Me, Written by You created by Julie Goucher at the Angler’s Rest blog. The project runs for 15 months with new prompts each week. I hope you’ll enjoy reading my responses each week.] This weeks prompt: Answer the question Who Are You? twenty…
More I learn about Maria da Ponte the less it makes sense
I think there must be some genealogy law that for certain people the more information you compile the less it all seems to fit together. Today, I’m working on Maria dos Anjos Bonita who married Jose de Ponte. And, now that I’ve pieced the family together, I have more questions than answers. Maria was the…