This weeks genealogy blogging prompt about anomalies brings many things to mind… My Grandma told me about her red headed brother, John Jackson. John was born three weeks before the 1906 San Francisco Earthquake and Fire. In the turmoil, John got sick and died. Fast forward to the 1990s. I’m sitting at a microfilm reader…
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The Problem with Patrick Dolan’s Obituary
Again on the trail of the Dolan family… I have Patrick Dolan’s obituary, which started this whole mess, I mean, adventure. The obituary proves that Patrick Dolan is my gr gr gr Uncle, but it leaves much to be desired in sorting out his unknown brother. The only facts it presents is that he is…
My Grandparent’s House on E. 25th Street
As I mentioned in a previous post, I’ve been using Google Street View to view the house’s my relatives lived in on E. 25th Street in Oakland. the Pacheco’s and de Braga’s began moving to E. 25th Street around 1906. They then held court there for the next 50 years or so. I’ve never been…