I am a Joseph in which my paternal family immigrated to the Borough. I am looking forward to reading your book when it arrives in the mail. Would enjoy any words you might have time to send my way.
Blessings! Ed Joseph, III On Saturday, March 3, 2012 1:31:47 PM UTC-9, Katharine wrote: > > "South of the Cannons: Portuguese Families of Stonington, Connecticut" > by Henrietta Mello Mayer: > > http://www.rtp.pt/icmblogs/rtp/comunidades/index.php?k=South-of-the-Cannons--Portuguese-Families-of-Stonington-Connecticut---Henrietta-Mello-Mayer.rtp&post=38383 > > > Mello Mayer, Henrietta. South of the Cannons: Portuguese Families of > Stonington, Connecticut. Stonington: Stonington Historical Society. > 2012. > > This book is a compilation of information on the Portuguese community > of Stonington, Connecticut, USA. The book combines genealogy, > chronicle, and public records. > > South of the Cannons: Portuguese Families of Stonington, Connecticut > compiled by Henrietta Mello Mayer South of the Cannons is a rich > chronicle of Stonington in a time that vanished only yesterday. “South > of the Cannons,” the area from Cannon Square to the Point in > Stonington Borough, was for decades the focus of the town’s vital > Portuguese life. > > Henrietta Mello Mayer's work captures the flow of that busy time while > it still lives in memory. The book is a greatly expanded edition of > her 1977 work, Silva Descendants: Portuguese Genealogy. It contains > fresh genealogical material, a chronology of Portuguese life in > Stonington, previously unpublished family and census records, research > on the compiler’s Azorean ancestors, and many previously unpublished > photographs. > > Henrietta Mello Mayer South is a genealogist. > > Source: http://stoningtonhi547.corecommerce.com/cart.html#sf -- 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."
