Death Record for Manuel Portillo

I have been looking page by page through several thousand images in the Mexico, Sonora Civil Registration files for Hermosillo, trying to find an entry for my 2nd-great-grandfather, Manuel Portillo. This afternoon I found an entry dated 27 March 1906, on image 559 of 1841 in the Defunciones 1900-1916 for Hermosillo.

Source: FamilySearch, Sonora Civil Registration, Defunciones 1900-1916

My rough translation is that Manuel died at 6pm on 26 March, and that he was 48 years old (putting his approximate birth year as 1858). The record also lists his parents as Manuel Portillo and Maria Bernal.

I am going to continue searching through the remaining 500 images in this set for Hermosillo, in the hopes that I'll come across other members of the Portillo family. This is a big find though, as this has been a pretty blank spot on the family tree.

Thanksgiving Prep, 2008

Looking back over old photos, here's one showing a checklist of pre-Thanksgiving ingredients (taken November 2008 in South Carolina).

Photo by Patrick Jones, South Carolina, Nov 2008

Thanksgiving Menu, 1898

Via the Digital Public Library of America & the University of Nevada-Las Vegas digital collection, is a copy of the menu for Thanksgiving dinner (24 November 1898) from The Bates House in Indianapolis, Indiana. I had not thought of looking up historic restaurant menus before, but saw this on the DPLA Facebook feed today.

Source: DPLA, UNLV Collection

Recoleta, Buenos Aires

This set of photos is from the Recoleta neighborhood next to the plaza and historic cemetery of the same name in Buenos Aires. A highlight of the area is Persicco, a gelato spot located across from the plaza (appearing in the photo below across the street from the big green building). This was so good I went there twice.

Photo by Patrick Jones, Recoleta, Buenos Aires

Photo by Patrick Jones, Recoleta, Buenos Aires

Photo by Patrick Jones, Nuestra Senora del Pilar

Photo by Patrick Jones, Recoleta, Buenos Aires

Photo by Patrick Jones, Recoleta, Buenos Aires

Friday Photo - Street Art Buenos Aires Part 1

This past week I have been in Buenos Aires, Argentina for meetings. Over the course of the week I snapped some photos of the surrounding area while out on morning runs. Here is the first in a series of street art shots.

Photo by Patrick Jones, Buenos Aires, AR

Photo by Patrick Jones, Buenos Aires, AR

Photo by Patrick Jones, Buenos Aires, AR

Photo by Patrick Jones, Buenos Aires, AR