Hi! Last year we vacationed in Kauai and took time to go to St. Catherines Church in Kealia!I took pictures from the church records for births, deaths-etc.Then we went to the cemetery there and took many pics of names I have heard from the past!My grandmother was Antonia Freitas whos father was named John de Freitas Braz!My great grandmother's last name was Cardoza!Of course I am not sure of any of this as it is all by word of mouth!I find that many times names are changed to suit the needs of the persons doing the changes!As an example the de Freitas name was changed to Serpa reasons unknown reasons and de Freitas was also changed to being spelled Freytas or something similar!We are currently in our 2nd day of an 8 day trip to Kauai and would love to hear of someone from the Freitas side while we are here!By the way so many of your family names I have heard from the past so just maybe were related somehow!Katherine Kam Lin Kung, my mother, was born in Kilauea, Kauai!My grandparents were married in Hanalei, Kauai!My great grandfather was buried in Kahlihiwai, Kauai and washed away by a Tzunami in the 1950s!Thanks for your time! William [email protected]
--- On Sun, 2/12/12, Diane George <[email protected]> wrote: From: Diane George <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Azores Visit Suggestions To: [email protected] Date: Sunday, February 12, 2012, 9:54 AM My husband and I are going on a cruise this spring that includes a one day stop on Faial. Most of my ancestors are from Feteira on the maternal side and from Horta and Flamengos on the paternal side. The most recent names on the maternal side include Silveira, Gonsalves, Correia and Vargas and Silva and Martin on the paternal side. My cousin did a lot of research at the Grupo de História das populações (http://www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt/) site and was able to trace back to the 17th century on that site, but there is very little information about any of the people. Those who immigrated all came to Alameda County in California (Fremont, Oakland, San Leandro, Hayward). We have a lot of information about them once they arrived in the U.S., but almost nothing else. Does anyone have any suggestions for places for us to visit in Faial to get more information about those who came from Faial or web sites that might have more information? I do not speak or read Portuguese so any suggestions would be helpful. We also have no information about possible descendants who reside in Faial and wondered if anyone has any suggestions for locating them. Thanks for any assistance or ideas. Diane George -- 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."
