Kathy, the UPEC is no longer in existance. In 2011, 4 Portuguese Fraternal Societies merged into the Portuguese Fraternal Society of America. They were: UPPEC, UPEC, SES, and IDES. Earlier, the old SPRSI joined Luso America. There were a few smaller organizations that also merged into larger societies before these mentioned above. I had connections with the UPPEC office and was able to put their 1940-2010 death records into a database. Although I have asked several times, I have not had been able to continue the extractions of the death records since the merger. Privacy issues are mentioned as to the reason they no longer allow extractions. If you can contact one of the old UPEC council secretaries in your area, you may be able to get a list of the council #'s for the cities in which they existed. There are new numbers for the different cities now that they are PFSA. I have a list from an old UPPEC monthly newsletter with the cities and council #'s. Celeste, Hayward, CA
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