Lorraine, Six weeks isn't very long. You may want to bookmark this site from the Azores Genweb on how to research your Portuguese genealogy: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/HowTo.html
Frank Manuel Rose Marshall may be Francisco Manuel da Rosa Machado. You will need to find his village in order to research further. Knowing only the Azores would be like someone from Europe contacting someone in North America stating that they know only that their ancestor is from America or Canada. Mary Frietas may be Maria Freitas over there. Again, you'll need her village in order to research further. Mary's name may be Marshall on the census because that is just what she used. Portuguese naming traditions are initially confusing. You need to acertain if all children were born in America or if some were born in the Azores. You think that Frank Joseph Marshall (Francisco Jose Machado) is the father to one your grandparents above? He couldn't have naturalized in Faial, as there are no American courts there to naturalize citizens. Why do you think he's related? You'll probably have to go about about 200 years to connect to other researchers. However, many people have some pretty extensive databases, so once you do some of the things listed on the Azores Genweb, post your new findings. The most important thing is to find your village (freguesia). -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
