I’ve been on the web helping genealogist for several years, first on AOL, then with GenealogyForum.org. In September of 2001, I began the Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy and Heritage website, islandroutes.com. In January of this year, I revised the Research Journal blog to cover my various areas of research expertise. My goal is to teach people…
Tag: General Genealogy
Organize Those School Papers
If you’re like me, you have a whole collection of school papers. They belong to a variety of people and are a complete mess! You may not feel this is very important to genealogy. It’s only a bunch of your old school stuff after all! Each document whether past or present adds to the family…
Life of Theodoro & Maria (de Braga) Pacheco
Another example of a timeline. This one is for my great grandparents, Theodoro Pacheco and Maria de Braga. In this example, I’ve incorporated historical events. It places my great grandparents within the events happening around them. ca500………Polynesians begin migrating to the Hawaiian islands 1178……….Capt. James Cook becomes the first European to arrive in the Hawaii…
Interviewing Relatives Adds Depth to Your Family Tree
Although one of the goals of genealogy is to build a pedigree, it is the stories that bring out the richness of each life. How does one learn their ancestor’s stories? Documentation leaves much to be desired–names, dates, and places mostly. Every once in a while, a gem comes your way and your learn your…
Genea Blogger Games Competition Wrap Up
The Genea Blogger Games competition has ended. I really enjoyed working on the various challenges. I learned several things about my genealogy, organization, and methods–some good and some really need some work! Time to wrap up what I’ve accomplished. I’ll compare what I set out to accomplish and what I actually ended up doing. It…