Gayle, It's still not clear.
In your first post, you said he had 4 grandparents. Now you say it's his great-grandparents. Do you mean all 8 greats now? You need to provide dates, names, and places on these 8 people. What ever you know. A date range is OK too (such as you think Manuel da Silva was b. 1860s). To use the films may depend on the dates and locations you have for these ancestors. Being from Ribeira Grande may mean the larger city or then again, they may mean the council (county) of Ribeira Grande, in which case they would be from a smaller freguesia/village. Spellings: You don't need the proper spellings. You need the old Portuguese spellings and misspellings. Sounds crazy, but you'll get used to it. Marriage: Your question: Did people from the Azores intermarry from different islands? Answer: What time period are you speaking of? Do you mean your immigrant ancestor who was from Sao Miguel married in America to someone of a different island? 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
