As I look back at 2010, I can hardly believe the road we’ve travelled.
In January we knew of only a handful of my husband’s Azorean ancestors, and never even thought about them. In March Steve told me, “We have to start looking for my family”, and we found the Azorean Genweb site and this email group. We began to learn about the process of research. An email to this group in April led to shared information that swelled our database. We attended the Azorean Genealogy conference in Salt Lake City, which changed our lives. We learned so much our brains could hardly take it in! We started finding people in those microfilmed records!! We became familiar faces at our local FHC. They got used to my exclamations of “YES!” when I found yet another person. And since every baby and every couple found gives clues, we are still – and will be for a very long time –hot on the trail of Azorean ancestors. Most recently, we got over the surprise of realizing that THREE of Steve’s grandparents descend from one of his 4th Great-grandfathers, Jose de Araujo Daniel (b. 1750). Our gratitude to Cheri and Rosemary and John Roias and Dan Paiva and other new-found cousins, and to everyone else in the group who has been kind and willing to answer questions and share their knowledge. I have learned so much just reading the postings here, and humbly hope to someday be able to give as well as take from this group. Our best to you all for a prosperous New Year. Steve and Eileen Leite Who are having carne assada em vinha d’alhos for dinner, one of Vovó’s special dishes! Researching Ponta Garca and Povoacao, Sao Miguel From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Cheri Mello Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 7:28 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Happy New Year! Prospero Ano Novo! If you want to post New Year greetings, please hit reply to this message ONLY, and send your wishes. Please close the thread (stop posting) by 11:59 p.m. your time Jan. 1, 2011 Happy Hunting and here's to finding new cousins in 2011! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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." -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
