Recently, I searched FindaGrave for Seraphim and Olympia (Medeiros) de Braga. I found both listed but without photographs. I put in a request and got a response the next day! After I had that information, I decided to search for more relatives. I found several more listed without photographs, so I put in more requests. …
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Timeline of Dona Francesca de Resendes, 1716-1762
[Fearless Females-Women’s History Month, March 23rd: A Timeline for a female ancestor] My timeline is for one of my Azorean ancestors, Dona Francesca de Resendes, who lived from 1716-1762. The prompt recommended using ourtimelines.com to generate the timeline so I thought I would give it a try. My ancestor came from the village of Maia…
Tombstone Tuesday: Learning Melvin Medeiros’ Story
My Pacheco and de Braga lines intersect with a family from Kilauea, Kauai, Hawaii, who went by de la Cross (or de la Cruz), Medeiros, and Andrew or Andrew Medeiros–take your pick. As our lines crossed a few times, I ended up documenting their descendants as well as mine. One of the descendants, Melvin Medeiros,…
Women Working in the Factories
Here’s another entry for my Labor Day photo series. I found this photograph in the Oakland Tribune [Oakland, Alameda Co., CA], 15 May 1942, Front Page. The article was titled “Women Now in War Plant in Emeryville.” The article documented local women who were moving into manufacturing jobs as men headed off to war. This…
Oakland Bay Bridge Anniversary
If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you have probably passed over the Oakland Bay Bridge many times in your life. The bridge is celebrating it’s 75th anniversary. Huffingon Post has some amazing photographs from the construction of the bridge: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2011/11/11/bay-bridge-anniversary_n_1087376.html Construction of the bridge was started in 1933, at the height of…