This week’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge was enlightening. As with many of Randy’s challenges I found a gap in my research. When I found the record I was looking for, added new information to my tree. Thomas Augustine Jones, my 2nd great grandfather, appears in 5 census enumerations. He is in every census from…
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SNGF: When I Was Young Part 1
I’m playing a bit of catch up here. Randy Seaver’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun from a couple of weeks ago used Alona’s meme “Where I was Young”. This is the first part of that meme. 1) Do you (or your parents) have any memorabilia from when you were a baby? (ie. baby book, lock of…
SNGF: Best Find 2014, Hopes for 2015
This is my entry for Randy Seaver’s weekly Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge. This week we’re to write about our best find of 2014, then write about an ancestor we want to work on in 2015. 2014 was a year of many discoveries. The records in the Azores went online, Portuguese Hawaiian newspapers went online,…
SNGF: The Day of my Grandfather’s Birth
Randy Seaver over at GeneaMusings.com has his weekly Saturday Night Genealogy Fun challenge out. This week we’re to look up our grandfather’s birthday, find out what day of the week it was, note any historical events, and see if anyone famous was born on that day. My Paternal Grandfather, Jean Lassalle, was born 29 Jun…
SNGF: Genealogy Resources and Usage
For Randy’s Saturday Night Genealogy Fun Challenge this week, he has asked us to fill out a survey. Below are the questions with my answers. 1) Answer these questions in my survey about genealogy resources and usage: a) Which genealogy software programs for your computer do you use (e.g., Family Tree Maker,…