The proper way to research a family tree is to go from the known to the unknown, from present to past. What do you do when you can’t find the known person in the records where they are supposed to be? You get creative. I am on a quest to find the baptismal record for…
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Eureka! I Have Found It!
Feast your eyes upon a beautiful sight… This is my great great grandparents, Jacinto Pacheco and Anna Jacinta de Mello’s marriage record. It is the culmination of 3-5 years of searching, a good 10 or more years of not being able to search because of my arthritis, and the end of a whole lot of…
What’s wrong with these ages?
I thought I would do something nice for some cousins this weekend. As some of the Azorean church records are online, I thought I would look through them and find some of my great and great great aunts and uncles. I was able to locate Francisco de Boa Ventura in Sao Jose, Ponta Delgada fairly…
You never know who will have your family’s photos
This week I was reminded of the importance of networking on the web. It’s not a term you usually see associated with genealogy. But, we have to reach out on forums, blogs, message boards, and whatever sources we have because you never know who might have the tidbit of information you need or a forgotten…
In Honor of Veterans Day
On Memorial Day, I have written about those who fought but did not come home. For Veterans Day, I want to show some of those who fought for their country and returned home. They did their service, some for the amount of time they were drafted for, and some made a career of it. They…