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…
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My Very First Genealogy Happy Dance
The 65th Carnival of Genealogy asks us to write about one of our genealogy happy dances. You know, that moment when you practically danced around a research library or hugged the mail carrier. This post is about my first research experience and the moment I knew I was addicted. I had interviewed a couple of…
Look! It’s Chitty Chitty Bang Bang!
A cousin sent me an envelope filled with unnamed and unwanted photographs. Oh, how I loved getting that present in the mail. Mixed among the photographs of the Pacheco’s was this odd postcard: The postcard is none other than of my Great Great Uncle Francisco Pacheco (aka Frank Algrava), son of Joao Pacheco and Ana…
Life of Theodoro & Maria (de Braga) Pacheco
Another example of a timeline. This one is for my great grandparents, Theodoro Pacheco and Maria de Braga. In this example, I’ve incorporated historical events. It places my great grandparents within the events happening around them. ca500………Polynesians begin migrating to the Hawaiian islands 1178……….Capt. James Cook becomes the first European to arrive in the Hawaii…
Take Another Look at the Census: Your Female Ancestors
You may be sitting with your research in front of you. Stacks of folders and binders surround you. Papers litter your work area. Now that you’ve collected all this information, what do you really know about your ancestors? You’ve spent many hours collecting documentation. You’ve dutifully filled in your pedigree chart. But, you still feel…