Happy Mother’s Day to all the Moms! I was thinking about my family tree and the moms that fill it’s leaves and support it’s branches. There are women of such strength and character. Women who lost children, lost husbands, lost homes…they survived what life threw at them…most of them worked to help put food on…
Falling in love with Evernote
Until I rooted my Nook Color, I didn’t really give much thought to the conversations and blog posted swirling around me about Evernote. I couldn’t really see what the hubbub was about. Then, last week, I rooted my NC (meaning, I got a memory card that makes it a fully functioning Android tablet). I noticed…
Basic Portuguese Lesson One
Have you ever wished you knew some Portuguese just to get a feel for how your ancestors sounded? Perhaps you’d like a little more familiarity for translating Portuguese records. There is a nice little tutorial with basic phrases on YouTube. There are 12 lessons in all covering common words, colors, numbers, etc. The lessons are…
Unukupukupu Halau Hula Performance
The Library of Congress has added a new entry to it’s it’s YouTube collection. This video is a traditional hula performance from the Hula School of the Community College of Hilo, Hawaii. The presentation is an hour and ten minutes long. Enjoy this performance of traditional dancers…
Was Chachy a common nickname in the 1940s and 1950s?
I’m sure anyone my age remembers the show Happy Days. Remember how Ritchie Cunningham’s sister, Joanie, fell in love with the Fonz’s cousin, Chachi? I thought Chachi was something they made up for the show. So, color me surprised a few years back when I found several photos of my Dad signed “Chachy”. The first…