The theme for this week’s 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks Challenge is “Close To Home”. All of my great grandparents ended up in the San Francisco Bay Area, so they were all fairly close to the home I grew up in. But, this is about my Grandma Lassalle, Anna (Mazeres) Lassalle, and how she moved…
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My Mysterious Ancestor Felicianno de Mello
Felicianno de Mello was almost a lost ancestor. I knew he was my Great Great Great Grandfather from my Great Great Grandmother’s baptismal record. Though I knew that he was born and married in the town of Maia on Sao Miguel Island, I could not find any record of his birth or marriage. I had…
Wordle Thy Ancestors
For my next Winter Genea Bloggers challenge, I played around with Wordle. It’s a fun little application that allows you to fill in a box with text. Then it creates a Wordle…a representation of your word list in living color. I decided to do a Wordle based on my ancestor surnames. This is not a…
A Noble Life: My Great Aunt Julie
I didn’t know my Great Aunt Julie very well. I met her a couple of times as a child. Then when I started doing my family tree, we shared a few phone calls and letters. But, what I knew, I admired. My conversations with my Great Aunt took place while she was in her 80s. …
I Cherish My Ancestors’ Sugar Plantation Contracts
One of my most treasured items is something I never thought to ever see.I met Susan Nunes online years ago. We learned that we shared the same de Braga ancestry and began comparing notes, photographs, and documents. Susan had something in her possession that I thought was long ago lost. It was a copy of…