Mel

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Genealogist. Book Lover. Rock Painter. Bixby's Mom. Passion for bringing to life the stories of the women in my tree.

A black and white photo of the snow capped Great Tetons Mountains, with a windy river below, and clouds above the mountains.
French military record for Jean Lassalle of Ogeu les bains, France
A little creme color dog sitting in a wooden chair next to a wooden table
A list from Google books of Portuguese English language dictionaries from the 1830s
A black and white pic circa 1890 of William Tolladay Streader shown in a suit with all the medals he had earned. He is bearded with greying hair.
A small light colored dog poking his head between a green and blue flowery pillow and a person's back.
A photo of basketball player Shroeder shooting the ball with the Final score to the side 118 Lakers to 108 Warriors. The background is navy blue with a red line border.
A family tree chart showing William Bayne who married Annie Cole with his parents Charles Bayne and Phoebe ???
Circa 1915 3 women sitting on the steps of a house in Monterey County, California. Maria (Pacheco) Correia, Maria Gloria (Bonita) Medeiros, and Maria Pavao.
A photograph of a half full moon in a dark sky with bare tree branches below it. The words Happy Winter Solstice are above the moon.
A scraggly looking Christmas tree with red and green ball ornaments and homemade paper ornaments. There is lots of tinsel on the tree. Many wrapped gifts are under the tree.
A screen save of a Portuguese language baptismal record that has been mistranscribed.
Obituary titled Mrs. Menaud's Funeral To Be Held Tomorrow, Fresno Morning Republican, 19 Jun 1923
A newspaper article from 1884 San Francisco Examiner detailing the court filing of Magdelaine for alimony without divorce from Louis Lacazette for desertion.
An old portrait of a woman named Magdelaine (Mazeres dit Salanave) Menaud ca 1880. It is a head shot with a paper background with rolled edges. It is in a gold and flower cardboard frame.
An old black and white photo taken about 1916 in the San Francisco Bay Area. It shows men, women, and children in a group with trees behind them. They are at a picnic.
A map created with MapsGPT which shows several villages marked with dots in Southern France
A chart mapping out the descendants on my Pacheco tree. Each line is blue or pink with dots marking each person. This line has 1085 dots.
A section of the photo of Signal Corp unit 4 showing Marie Alexine Lassalle in the middle with a woman on either side. They are seated on the ground. They are wearing their uniform, matching hat, and white arm bands.
A photo of Marie Alexine Lassalle in her Signal Crop WWII uniform hat, jacket, and white arm band.
This is a photo showing several woman in their Signal Corp uniforms in WWI. One row is seated and another is standing behind them. The background is a building with many windows.
Obituary Feb 1906, San Francisco Chronicle, for inventor, Henry Baddley.
A color coded chart showing the ages of people married in my family tree.
Ancestry search results for Mary Jane (Haywards) Jones
Ancestry search settings for Mary Jane (Haywards) Jones
From the 17 Aug 1944 Oakland Tribune bicycle racers honoring Les Drury in San Francisco who boosted their sport
Book cover for Pau Hana: plantation life and labor in Hawaii by Ronald Takaki
The inside of a birthday card sent to me by my grandparents saying "Have lots of birthday fun"
The greeting card book my mom made for me. The cover shows a poodle pushing a sleigh with gifts.
A newspaper advertisement for Shinola shoe polish from 1945 showing a woman sitting in a chair at work and her boss pointing at her shoes.
The book cover for the Home for Wayward Clocks by Kathie Giorgio
Book cover for Becoming Nicole by Amy Ellis Nutt
Taken circa 1932 it shows a young woman standing next to white and black horse. Her young son is wearing a cowboy hat and sitting in the saddle.
Book cover for The Virgin Blue by Tracy Chevalier
A small green bank with a tree emblem on the front and a metal handle from the The Oakland Bank in Oakland, CA
Book cover for March Book One by John Lewis, a graphic novel
Book cover for Day After Night by Anita Diamant