Ancestry has added 1.37 million records to its US City Directories collection, according to a Facebook post today. The collection spans the years 1822-1999. Taking a quick look, I see a new to me entries:
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| Ancestry. City Directories. Sioux City, 1894. |
A proud Dad moment with S prominently featured in this article on the Cine Con Cultura film festival that concluded last week in Ithaca, NY. The festival ran 14 Sept-21 October for Hispanic Heritage Month. 2026 marked the 12th anniversary of the film festival. She has a great quote at the end of the article, and it's super cool to see this.
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Lucas Museum. 12 Oct 2026. |
Earlier in the month I had a 12 hour layover in Los Angeles en route to Indonesia. I used part of the time to visit the new Lucas Museum of Narrative Art. I expected to see a lot of props and art inspired by the films of George Lucas, and came away impressed with the extensive collection of other works ranging from Rockwell to street art (Banksy, JR, etc) to comics to Frida Kahlo and more. The gardens have a growing sculpture collection, and the whole complex sits in Exposition Park next to the University of Southern California and Memorial Stadium.
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Star Wars props. |
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| Narsiso Martinez. Philosophy in the Fields. |
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| Photo by Patrick Jones. Lucas Museum. |
As I type this I am sitting at LAX after long flights from Indonesia, with one more flight to go. I’m glad to have escaped the edge of Typhoon Champi, one of the strongest storms of 2026, as it passed by Taipei. I’ve been in Bali, Indonesia for our annual general meeting since my last post. Photos to follow separately from this return trip to Indonesia after my first visit 13 years ago.
My journey to the Pacific included a stopover visit to the new Lucas Museum for Narrative Art about 10 days ago. The Lucas Museum is super cool and that visit also deserves its own post.
There’s a lot of catching up to do. Regular posts on DNA and family history research soon.
