Krysta, Ancestry will work as a partial resource for tracing with American records. Depending on your membership level, you can get the U.S. Censuses, some birth, marriage, death info, and maybe immigration.
To get started the correct way though, you need to read this how to guide and get all the sources you can in America to find the freguesia in the Azores. http://goo.gl/M2a3Y Good luck, Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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."

