Who Are the Colomb Mondesi Padrinos?

I just realized I didn’t give readers an actual look at the baptism records I wrote about in my last post.  In addition to finding it interesting to look at, maybe you can pick up on some things that I could not. I would like to figure out who the godparents are but depending on

Colomb Mondesi Baptism Records

Finding my great-grandfather Simon Vallee’s Panama Canal employment record is not the only exciting discovery I’ve made recently – it just was the one that was so mind-blowing I had to blog about it immediately! The week prior I discovered that FamilySearch added Panamanian Catholic Church records to its ever-growing database of records from all

Photos II

A continuacion! More pictures from Tito’s album.  Let’s see what else we have here… Looks like a bridesmaid gig for my mom and a couple of her primas. I wonder whose house they are standing in front of in the picutre below. So glad some of these pictures give the year and names! Who are

Photos I

Months ago I purchased my first ever Groupon. For just $40 I was entitled to $100 worth of digitized pictures. Though I didn’t have any old family pictures at the time , I knew this was a great deal worth buying into.  Plus, I figured that once I had spent the money I would actually

A Mamá By Any Other Name

In previous posts (like here and here) I discussed the tricky tradition of using nicknames in my mother’s family. Well, here’s more on that thorn in the side of this genealogist. ************************************************************************* When my mom and her siblings would talk to or about their mother they would often refer to her as Tere (short for her