This story makes me so very sad for my grandparents and great grandparents who immigrated. It mentions things that I had not thought of before, things that they had lost; particularly the closeness of village life back in the Azores. I do understand better now why my grandmothers never spoke of the "old country", probably made them to sad to talk of it. Nevertheless, how I wish I had asked more questions of them. Sam in CA
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of John Vasconcelos Sent: Wednesday, August 15, 2012 12:41 PM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Opportunity & Saudade .A very powerful story that I'm sure my late mother could have identified with. She immigrated to the US in the late 20's to join my father who had bought a dairy farm in rural Fresno County having worked his way up from being a farm hand after immigrating in 1908. Neither of them ever saw their homeland or parents again (although both had siblings living nearby). It was especially difficult for her because of the language problem. We went to mass most Sundays where we could connect with the local Portuguese community but weekdays were pretty grim for her especially in the summertime except when we went to an occaisonal nearby festa. John Vasconcelos . On Wed, Aug 15, 2012 at 9:07 AM, Deb McCabe <[email protected]> wrote: I agree that the paper is very relevant. As I write biographies for each of my family members, there are so many questions I wished I had asked my father, grandmother and other relatives. This article will help me fill in some of the "blanks." Thanks for sharing. Deb McCabe Fregusias: Feteira, Faial; Sao Mateus, Pico Some names: Martins, Bento, Azevedo, Goulart(e), Costa, Maciel When I searched for ancestors, I found friends! From: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, August 14, 2012 9:32 AM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Opportunity & Saudade Felicia Angeja Viator has written a very good paper about Azorean immigrants in California after WW II, published in Hindsight, a publication of the History Dept. at Fresno State. Gives a lot of insight into the Azorean immigrant experience at the time, especially for women. It's a 28-page PDF: http://www.fresnostate.edu/socialsciences/historydept/organizations/hindsigh t/spring2012.html -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected] <mailto:azores%[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] <mailto:azores%[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." -- 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."
