http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress Ramblings about genealogy from IslandRoutes.com Fri, 02 Jan 2009 03:22:12 +0000 http://backend.userland.com/rss092 en In June of 2008, I decided to take this blog in a new direction.  Instead of only exploring research problems, I opened it up to a much broader scope. Since then I've written many posts.  I've met up with a wonderful group of genealogy bloggers through the Genea Bloggers group on ... http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress/2009/01/research-journal-year-in-review/ The latest Carnival of Genealogy is on New Year's Resolutions.  What will be my research goals for the year?  What will be my blogging goals? Research Goals: 1.  I would like to get all the data on the folder on my desk and on my computer input into my database.  I have ... http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress/2008/12/my-genealogy-new-years-resolutions/ It's about 15 minutes to Christmas.  I hope you have a wonderful Chrismas Eve filled with festivity.  May all the presents be wrapped, the preparations completed, and may your tree be gloriously lit. I wish you all who celebrate a Christmas day filled with family and friends, the delight in a ... http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress/2008/12/merry-christmas-eve/ Do you do an end of the year family newsletter?  I started doing one 9 years ago, but mine is a little different than the typical strain. It started as a pay back to cousins who had helped me with my family tree.  I am deeply greatful for all the help ... http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress/2008/12/the-yearly-family-newsletter/ In the latest Cabinet of Curiosities, we're asked to write about a Christmas treasure.  I'm pulling out of my cabinet of curiosities the item that wasn't there every Christmas.  This is about my Grandma Lassalle and the lost pajamas. My Grandma was a fine seamstress.  She sewed everything.  Each year she ... http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress/2008/12/christmas-memory-the-lost-pajamas/ After a seriously fatiguing afternoon mopping the floor, my brain has gotten a bit loopy.  Instead of doing anything that needed to be done, I decided to play around with the statistics in my genealogy database. These statistics are for my Pacheco line.  I started with my last ancestor, Jose Pacheco ... http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress/2008/11/fooling-around-with-genealogy-statistics-the-pachecos/ My family has always been big on Christmas.  When I was growing up we weren't poor, but money was tight.  Though we didn't get alot throughout the year, my parents firmly believed that Christmas was special.  No matter where we spent Christmas Eve, Christmas morning we were all in the ... http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress/2008/11/holiday-traditions-old-and-new/ I hope you all enjoyed a very happy Thanksgiving!  Did you get together with family and share stories of years gone by? I had a great time at my sister's.  Their were only 6 for dinner, which is a very small group for us.  Normally, we're at least 14. I'm vegan and ... http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress/2008/11/happy-thanksgiving/ I just noticed I've been tagged in the Eight Random Things About Me.  It also appears I'm the last to know and everyone else has been tagged.  Boo hoo!  I thought I'd play anyway.  If you see this and have a blog and haven't played, consider yourself tagged!  These are ... http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress/2008/11/drat-i-missed-the-game-of-tag/ As we just finished a historic presidential election, I thought I'd repost an article I wrote for another website.  This is the story of Shirley Chisholm, the first African American woman to run for president of the United States of America. Shirley Chisholm was on the news quite a bit when ... http://www.islandroutes.com/wordpress/2008/11/my-hero-shirley-chisholm/