Leprosy. It’s no longer a word you hear very often. It’s given way to its modern name, Hansen’s Disease, and is %a treatable disease. But, in the early 1900s, it was known as leprosy and diagnosis was devastating. In Hawaii, a diagnosis of leprosy brought fear and despair. I’ve written about how the Hawaiians dealt…
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Saturday Night Genealogy Fun: My Satisfying Genealogy Moment
This weeks challenge from Randy at Genea-Musings is to blog about one of my most satifying genealogy moments. Without a doubt, it has to be finding out that my Great Grandfather, Theodoro Pacheco (aka Theodore P. Smith) died of leprosy. As a child I was told that Theodoro brought his family to California from Hawaii. …
It’s Women’s History Month!
March is Women’s History Month. It’s appropriate that women should get their own month. They make up half our family tree 🙂 Have you ever stopped to think about the women in your tree? Who were they? What were their lives like? When I look over my pedigree I find women who are virtually without…