You may have noticed that the Research Journal has been acting a little odd the last two days. You might have experienced pages that wouldn’t open or images that have poofed away. This is all because my webhost noticed malicious files running from my directories. While these files did not affect the appearance of my…
Ship Manifest for the Pacheco’s
I’ve been doing a little scanning this week and thought I’d post the ship manifest for the Pacheco family. They left the Azores Islands for Hawaii on the SS Hansa in 1882. Ana Jacinta (de Mello) Pacheco was the head of the family. With her were her children aged 6 to 22 years old: Manoel,…
Five Lessons I Learned as a Child
While I was waiting for the soy milk to reach the right temperature for making yogurt this morning, my mind started to wander. There are some rules in yogurt making that you must abide by so that the bacteria can do it’s thing. This got me to thinking of some lessons I learned as a…
SNGF: The day my Dad was born
This week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge from Randy involves collecting details about the day my Dad was born. I had to do a little bit of research to put this together. My Dad was born 7 March 1927 (died 4 May 2010) in Oakland, California. I have always known his birth date. He’s my…
Making Yogurt Connects Me To My Ancestors
I have been on a mission for the last 8 weeks. I am vegan and eat non-dairy plain unsweetened yogurt for health reasons. I’ve been ordering by the case for over a year. And then, it went on back order. I waited and waited but the health food store I ordered it from could not…