Randy’s challenge this week is to list some of the happy dances, a-ha moments, and genea-gasms that we’ve blogged about. Here are a few of mine: My Very First Happy Dance – My very first visit to the local Family History Center had me face to face with my ancestors for the first time when…
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Tombstone Tuesday: Joana’s Tombstone
Joana (Gonsalves Cardoza) Fernandes is buried at Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hayward, California. The tombstone doesn’t tell you nearly enough about Joana. Though Joana’s life was long, it was not easy. Joana was born in 1875 in Magdalena do Mar, Madeira to Francisco Gonsalves Cardoso and Coleta de Jesus. At the age of 10 they…
Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: Ahnentafel Roulette
Randy over at Genea-Musings has his Saturday night challenge up. Here are the instructions: 1) How old is your father now, or how old would he be if he had lived? Divide this number by 4 and round the number off to a whole number. This is your “roulette number.” 2) Use your pedigree charts…
Saturday Night Challenge: 16 Great Greats
Randy has offered up this challenge for Saturday night. List your 16 Great Great Grandparents, give their birth and death information, then figure out your ethnicity. I only have 14 Great Greats, so that’s what I will work with. Since RootsMagic can do this for me in an Ahnentafel chart, I will cheat a tiny…
Tombstone Tuesday: Who Left These Flowers?
While walking through Holy Sepulchre Cemetery in Hayward, California, about ten years ago, I came across the grave site for my Great Great Aunt and Uncle, Jose de Braga and Maria Jacinto (aka Joseph DeBraga and Mary Camara). Jose was the son of Jozimas de Braga and Maria da Conceicao de Mello, of Maia, Ribeira…