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Fearless Females: One of My Favorite Female Ancestors

[This was written for the Fearless Females prompt for 1st of March, Women's History Month] One of my favorite female ancestors is Ana Jacinta (de Melo).  I’ve always been drawn to her.  I am not sure why, but it must have something to with the fact that she migrated to Hawaii from the Azores alone …

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Ana Jacinta de Melo was a Fearless Female

[Fearless Females-Prompts for Women's History Month--March 1st--A favorite female ancestor] I am not sure why but I’ve am drawn to my Great Great Grandmother, Ana Jacinta (de Melo) Pacheco.  It may be what I don’t know as much as what I know. Ana was the daughter of Jose Francisco de Melo and Rosa Pimental.  She …

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Friday Free Ebook: Postcards from Kauai

This find comes  a day late, but I think people will enjoy it none-the-less. I was searching Google Books today and came across this gem:  Kauai: 100 Years in Postcards, By Stormy Cazad, published in 2011.  It is part of the Postcard History Series of Acadia Publishing. The book is full of postcards going back …

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