Randy’s challenge this week was to check my pedigree chart for my first unknown ancestor. This is a person who I know the surname of but nothing else or I know the first name but not the surname. I’d have to go back many generations on my French and Portuguese lines before I hit anyone…
Tag: San Franciso
Monday Mystery: Where does Leon Lascurettes Fit In?
I have been progressing with my “get it all input before the 1940 census is released” project. This week I worked on the Lascurettes family. After inputting the documents relating to the family, I set out to solve the mystery of Leon Lascurettes. Lascurettes was not a common surname in the San Francisco Bay Area…
Monday Mystery: A Kelly Out of Place
I spent the weekend working on my Kelly folder. I got alot of documents input and organized. As I was flipping through city directory pages I noticed this entry in the 1893 San Francisco City Directory: Kelly, Michael J, horseshoer, r Five Mile House It caught my eye because my relative, Mary (Kelly) Meincke and…