Years ago, they used to have one or 2 film readers at the FHC in Hayward, on Hayward Blvd. across from Highland School. Shortly after I found the place, they moved it (as Helen stated) to Decoto Rd. When I visited there a couple of times, I med Helen. Their hours were limited and they depended heavily on volunteers. I got the feelilng they did not have a lot of people interested in Portuguese research. Since Oakland was not that far from me, I would go there when I needed to look at film. I had an interesting experience when I was trying to find information about my son-in-law's Azorean ancestors. I was looking in information in the USA, trying to figure out the island from which the ancestors had immigrated. The staff in Oakland kept telling me to contact a man who lived in Livermore because he knew "everything" about the Azores. No one would understand that I knew how things worked as far as records go in the Azores and I needed information about finding someone who had immigrated before 1900 (he died in 1906 in San Leandro, CA) and he had 10 children. It was not until I learned there was a Federal Archive in San Bruno that had film of the census. (This was all before census was indexed and readily available). I did know the township in which he had lived; I looked through all the listings for someone whose name began with S and had a whole lot of children listed. I found a Sakata. That was what Sequeira sounded like to the census recorder! All the children listed matched the names I had so I accepted that was the correct Frank. Of course, Azores, was the place of birth listed. Celeste, Hayward, CA
Celeste Perry [email protected] --- On Mon, 4/18/11, [email protected] <[email protected]> wrote: From: [email protected] <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] The address of Fremont FHC To: [email protected] Date: Monday, April 18, 2011, 9:35 AM Cheri... Green Valley Rd for the Fremont FHC is not the correct address. I wrote to Helen Salvador, who lives in Fremont, and asked her about the FHC in Fremont. With her permission here follows her e-mail to me. " "I haven't been there in two years. As far as the machines when I went 2 years ago, they had two or three a large readers, but they didn't enlarge very much and was really hade to read the Azores film. They also had two smaller readers. I liked them better because you could enlarge the film more. I think they had 3 or 4 computers. I never used the computers. They also had a printer. You could only use the printer to print. It really enlarged the film. They said the bulb for the printer was to expensive to be used as a reader. I don't know where Green Valley Road is. Never heard of it in Fremont. but than again I don't know all the roads. :) Sounds more like Castroi Valley. Fremont's FHC is on Decoto Road. Down 880 to Decoto Rd turnoff (east) . Can't miss it on your left. Not sure of the days their open. It always depends on when the volunteers can work. I know their opened on Sat. Mornings. Mike Cordeniz and I have mostly gotten the Azores film. I have order film for Terceira, Flores, Graciosa, Santa Maria " Also from Helen... " I was reading, I think your e-mail to the list saying they didn't have Fremont listed, and then I vaguely remember they called that the "Hayward stake" and I remember someone ordering film and they told her to put Hayward, even though its not in Hayward. " ---------------------------- 'm not sure Eloise, can this be it? 48950 Green Valley Rd. Fremont, CA 94538 510-623-7496 Call first. Tu - W 11 a.m. - 2 p.m. & 7 - 9pm Sat 11 a.m. - 2 p.m., Sun 1:30 a.m. - 4 p.m. (not my typo, it SAYS 1:30 a.m., but I'd think that would be 1:30 p.m.). -- 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." -- 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."
