[Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 20th: Female ancestor who is a brick wall] My female ancestors have been good to me. They have left pretty good trails despite being woman. There is one female ancestor I consider a mini brick wall. Despite the fact that I can go back beyond Ana Jacintha de Melo Pacheco,…
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Ana Jacinta’s Baptismal Record: More Questions than Answers
As with many records that I find, I ended up with a whole set of questions that I didn’t have in the first place. This week I found my Gr Gr Grandmother’s baptismal record. It was a record I had search for many years. Ana Jacintha (de Melo) Pacheco was born and baptized in 1835…
Surname Saturday: Pimental of Nordeste
For today’s Surname Saturday, I’m going to write about one of my maternal lines: Pimental. I have Pimental in my tree a couple of times. This line originates in the Nordeste Municipality of Sao Miguel Island, Azores. My Great Great Great Grandmother was Rosa Pimental. She was born ca. 1800 in Achada Grande, Nordeste, Sao…
Surname Saturday: de Melo’s of Achada
I have several different de Melo lines. This post will concentrate on the de Melo’s of Achada, Nordeste, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. This has been a tricky line for me. While I had my Great Great Grandmother’s name very early in my research, I was able to find very few documents to help fill in…
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…