We are home from a wonderful 5 weeks in the Azores, our first trip. Thank you all for your help and advice. We located tons of family records at the Archivo. We found everything we were looking for, and a great deal more.
Once I translate everything, I'll post a summary of the information, that now includes 5 generations, rather than the 3 we had to start. It includes the names Arraial, Santos, Costa, and Barboza both from the San Pedro and St. Michaels parishes in Villa Franco do Campo. Then, with the help of an Ex-pat friend who lives in Ponta Delgada, we were able to find living relatives in Vila Franca do Campo. Since we don't speak Portuguese, we could not have been as successful without a translator at the civil registro office in Vila Franca in finding more recent records. The real key was found in the street listing that was consistent through several family records, Rua de Castello. Fortunately it is a very short street, so with our friends help, we located the decedents of the daughter who stayed behind when the family emigrated to the US in 1904. We visited 5 islands, and also connected with relatives from the Gomes family on Flores. If you'd like to hear more about our trip, take a look at my blog or let me know. http://marciaandalan.blogspot.com/ Marcia Andre --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
