Return from Sevilla

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Sevilla. 4 June 2026.

I'm now back from the Spain trip, and will be catching up on the family history items I've missed while away. There are some cool new tools, and new matches to explore.

Resurfacing

Meetings in Sevilla have ended and I’m stopping in Madrid for the moment. Madrid is on my top cities list, and it’s been really great returning to a favorite neighborhood and seeing familiar places. This is definitely a place I could spend quality time in a future life chapter. Blogging and family history research have been on pause while I’ve focused on my primary duties for the event in Spain.

Things are shifting from here to our Asia Pacific region, and another familiar location or two returns to the travel itinerary. Spain will be back in January and will feature heavily in my travel plans for 2027.

Plaza de España

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. Sevilla. 27 Aug 2019.

Up up and away

 

Photo by Patrick Jones. TWA Hotel, 2 Nov 2024.

Immigrant Heritage Month

June is Immigrant Heritage Month. As with previous years this is a reminder for donations to groups supporting immigration causes, and a reminder to look back at some of the previous immigration stories in my own family. MyHeritage has free access to its US immigration collection this week.

Photo by Patrick Jones. Echo Park, LA. 19 May 2018.