Dear Ally,
What a heartwarming story! I loved reading it!!
Pat
Las Vegas, NV
Researching in Faial & Pico
At 08:14 PM 10/30/2010, you wrote:
Just wanted to share a hit with all of you.
My Mother got a letter with an early 1900's picture of a family with
11 children ( my Mother gave me the same picture years ago). The
letter was from a gentleman in Elk Grove, CA who received the letter
from a woman in TX doing family research on relatives who moved to
CA in the 1920's. This man, who also has done research on his
family with the same surname, knew this wasn't his family. He went
on to trace down my Mother and sent the letter and picture on to her
with a note "I think this belongs to you". My Mother is now in her
80's and how he located her since her name has changed more than
twice is in itself a story of a dedicated good Samaritan researcher.
My Mother phoned Joyce (76), in TX. They shared stories and my
Mother told her how interested I am in genealogy, that I have been
trying to do research and that I had hit a wall and couldn't go any
further than my Grt. Grandfather. They all just disappeared.
As it turns out, my newfound cousin, Joyce, has been doing research
for the passed 30 some years. Her and another cousin would take one
or two week vacations and go back in history to where ever they
needed to go. They researched, and documented every town record,
bible, storyteller, library, school record, deeds, wills and
compiled a book beginning in 1702 forward. Our family was the
missing link to one of the 11 children in the picture. I was so
happy to send her all the info and docs that I have collected to
complete her work.
Even more. It seems that one of the 11 children's wife, didn't like
the her inlaws and when Grt. Grandma died, this she set fire and
was burning all the family pictures and china when the other family
members drove up to the old home after the funeral.
I sent Joyce what few family pictures I had. Joyce sent copies on
to her cousins (e-mail is so great). She wrote back and shared that
all the cousins haven't come down to earth yet as they are so
thrilled with pictures that they thought were lost forever. Four of
the pictures that I sent were of Joyce's Father that she had never seen before.
And yes, she is sending me a copy of her book : )
Ally Vieira Anselmo Chacon
Sao Miguel & Faial
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