Hi Rosemarie, I have been interested in going to the Roman Catholic Archives in Menlo Park, too. How much info did you have to give them to get your records? I know my great grandparents were in California in the 1880's and I believe they had three children while there, at least one of them in Mission San Jose. I know the exact date of birth on one of the children from a US passport I found. It would be nice to find baptisms on him and the other two siblings.
I'm very happy for you find, Tish On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:50 AM, <rcap...@redshift.com> wrote: > Dear Listers, > > Just to let you know that you have to keep searching everywhere all the > time! > > Yesterday Celeste Perry and I traveled to the Roman Catholic Archives in > Menlo Park, CA to look at marriage records. I have been searching for my > grandmother's sister Maria Vieira da Silva for years. I have her passport, > her ship list (arrived June 1912) and I knew that she was married and gone > from California before my grandmom arrived sometime in 1914. I also wanted > to find the marriaage of their sister Adriana who married Joseph Davis nee > Teves. Adriana & Joseph's granddaughters are also tracing Joseph's family > but don't know much. So, Celeste and I decided that Christmas or no we > were finally making it to the Archives this year!! > > I not only found Adriana's marriage to Joseph Teves, Jun 1913 but also > Maria's!! All of my Aunties said she married a Machado (they were SURE of > that) and his name was either Frank or Joao! The marriage record Aug of > 1914 in St. Joseph's Portuguese Church in Oakland, says his name (in latin > of course!) is Joammomi which I hope is Joao/John)Machado Avila! It also > says he is from the Norte Grande Sao George which records their records in > the same church as my Maria, TO Maria Vieira Silva. It gives the > parent's names so I know it's my Maria. > > Marie moved "back east" right after her marriage, had 3 children and died > of a brain tumor sometime in the 1920's. Our family has completely lost > touch with her family. Does this story sound familier to anyone?? > > Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that I received my early > Christmas present and to give you all hope in your searching! Many thanks > to Celeste for all of her help (and wonderful cookies!) she just kept > proding me to go and search. > > Merry Christmas to you all, > Rosemarie > > > > -- > 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." -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- 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."
