Mel's Genealogy Research Journal
MelRootsNWritesA walk through my genealogy research with stories, tips, and insights.
| Platform |  | Pricing | Only free issues | Publishes | Weekly |
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| Issues | 80 | Founded | a year ago | Last Issue | 7 days ago |
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The Slow Migration of the Breilh Family
It is interesting how different families in my tree migrated. The Azoreans, for instance, were encouraged and incentivized to migrate to Hawaii as families. Their passage was paid for provided they signed sugar plantation contracts.
My...
Anselme Larrouy Charged with Blackmail
Newspapers lead to unexpected discoveries. In this case, I was trying to track down the origins of the Mrs. E. Larrouy & Co. Laundry in 1901 San Francisco newspapers. The E. in question was my 2nd Great Aunt Elisabeth “Elise” Breilh who mar...
We are Now the Older Generation
My Uncle Emile died a few weeks ago. He was my dad’s last living sibling and the last of the generation still with us. He was 95.
I can’t help but feel a sense of the baton being passed. We are now the older generation. Yikes! That’s w...
My Birth Was More Complicated Than I Realized
One day in 2004, I was going through old photos with my mom. She looked at my first day baby photo and said something like “You sure were an ugly baby. But, I couldn’t see it.” We laughed. Thanks Mom.
This is my birth announcement...
Rainy Days, Laundromats, and Doughnuts
Rainbows are wonderful, aren’t they? Source: Melody Lassalle
Rows and Rows of Laundry
I grew up in the San Francisco Bay Area in the 1970s. I cannot think of winter without imagining rainy days spent at the laundromat and what f...
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I run the Portuguese Hawaiian genealogy website, YourIslandRoutes.com. My genealogy takes me through several states back to 5 countries. I have a passion for rooting out stories especially for the women in my tree.
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