I have been progressing with my “get it all input before the 1940 census is released” project. This week I worked on the Lascurettes family. After inputting the documents relating to the family, I set out to solve the mystery of Leon Lascurettes. Lascurettes was not a common surname in the San Francisco Bay Area…
Tag: California
That’s Old News: Caught In Shanghai
The 26th of March 1926 Oakland Tribune headline blared… Then it was followed by the story of a young couple separated by continents. The young woman, Norine “Dorothy” Segalas, was at home in the San Francisco Bay Area. Her boyfriend, Everett Bargones, was working for the Dollar Steamship company in Shanghai, China. A letter home…
Friday’s Free Ebook: The French in California
I’ve been working on the French lines over the passed two weeks. I came across this book that was really a gold mine of information. If you’ve got French lines in California (especially San Francisco or Oakland) you’ll want to check this book out. It is called “Guide des Francais en California: 1916-1917”. Edited by…
Veronique is Laid to Rest
One of my most persistent mysteries was what happened to Veronique Mazeres after she married Baptiste Dupouy in San Francisco in 1899. My research turned up no leads in the census, city directories, or other sources. I was beginning to think that Veronique had gone back to France. After scanning many photographs from my…
Surname Saturday: de Braga of Maia, Ribeira Grande
Last week I finished my the Pacheco side of my family tree. This week I will start with the de Braga side. The de Braga’s were from Maia, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. This is my Great Grandmother, Maria d’Espirito Santo (de Braga) Pacheco Smith’s side of the family. She was the wife of…