[Another repost…Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 19th: A Surprising Fact] While looking through the voter registration books for 1937, I came upon a surprising entry. My Great Grandmother, Maria (de Braga) Pacheco Smith, was listed. This might not have been so surprising had my Great Grandmother been a US Citizen. But, she wasn’t. In fact,…
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Francisca Pacheco, My Brick Wall
[Fearless Females #20…brick wall ancestor] One of the frustrating aspects of researching female lines is the lack of information that might be available about female ancestors. This can be complicated by naming practices and customs. One of my 5th Great Grandmother’s is Francisca Pacheco. Francisca is the last ancestor of my Pacheco line. The surname…
Fearless Females: Grandma Was A Radical!
[Fearless Females, 17th of March, Social Organizations and Groups…a report from 2011 Not really. But it makes for a great headline. LOL I don’t know what organizations my Grandma Shellabarger belonged to while raising her family. I don’t really think she had much time for them to tell you the truth. In the 1980s, she…
Fearless Females: A Lunch Date with Great Great Grandma
[Fearless Females #16…Who would you have lunch with?] It took me some time to decide who in my family tree I would have a lunch date with. I’ve settled on my most mysterious female ancestor, Ana Jacinta (de Melo) Pacheco. Ana was from the town of Achada on Sao Miguel Island. She was the daughter…
Six Word Memoirs
[Fearless Females, Prompts for Women’s History Month, March 15th–Write a sex-word memoir tribute to one of your female ancestors. Did you know that I have already written a six-word memoir? It was published in the book “Not Quite What I was Planning”–a book filled with six word memoirs. Today’s task is to write a six…