[Fearless Females-Prompts for Women’s History Month–March 2: A favorite photo of a female ancestor] This is a photo of my Great Grandmother, Margaret “Granny” (Jones) Jackson. It was taken about 1940 in Oakland, California. I chose this photo because it’s one of my favorites. My Great Grandparents divorced around 1929-1930 when my Grandmother was 17. …
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Catherine (McSwegan) Baddeley’s Individual Summary
Name: Catherine MCSWEGAN Sex: Female Father: Thomas MCSWEGAN-8485 (1845-1895) Mother: Catharine F. “Kate” KELLY-8479 (1851-1921) Individual Facts Birth Nov 1880 San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA Alt. Name 4 Jul 1895 (about age 14) Kittie MCSWEEGAN Residence 1900 (about age 20) 317 Eighth St.; San Francisco, San Francisco Co., CA Alt. Name 5 Sep 1908…
The Satisfaction of Finding the Right Record
[This is an entry in my series Wedding Chapel Wednesday. This is the search for my grandmother’s cousin’s marriage records.] I’ve taken a detour from San Francisco deeds, which was my detour from Azorean church records. I became possessed with the desire to find San Francisco marriage records. So, I decided to work on those…
Oh, the Pain
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…
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…