I’ve been on the hunt for my 3rd great grandfather’s land records this week. I went through the indexes for San Mateo County, California and hit a gold mine. It turns out Martin Kelly owned more land than I ever dreamed possible. The family lore said that he owned “a boardinghouse in San Francisco”. That…
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This ain’t no genealogy bingo, it’s a jackpot!
I’ve spent the last few weeks working on my Azorean ancestors. While I still have work to do in Achada, Nordeste, I decided to take a break from reading Portuguese records. I saw that new records had been added at familysearch.org in the San Mateo County collection. I wanted to see if I could find…
SNGF: My TMRUA
It’s time for Saturday Night Genealogy Fun, Randy’s fun weekly genealogy challenge! This week I’m supposed to identify my TMRUA–third most recent unknown ancestor and supply some information on him or her. I am able to go out to my 4th greats for most of my lines (except the Jackson’s) I have to go out…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: Koch and Meincke Marriage License
Recently, I’ve been working with the San Francisco County Records at <a href=”http://www.familysearch.org” target=”_blank”>FamilySearch.org</a>. This collection includes marriage licenses, certificates, and record indexes covering roughly 1906 to 1975. This week I located the marriage license of Carl Koch and Winifred Meincke. Winifred was born in 1886 to Mary Ann (Kelly) and Frederick Meincke. Carl was…
Land Transfer Tingley Street
I was looking through some newspaper clippings that I found online over the last few weeks. Mary (Kelly) Meincke was my Great Great Grandmother’s sister. She and her husband owned the Five Mile House at Silver Avenue and Mission Road in San Francisco at the turn of the century. I thought this entry was curious. …