Also I would advise looking at EVERY church record that you can find on this family. One may indicate the parish or village of his origin. In a message dated 9/2/2012 9:19:49 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
Manuel J. Vargas 41, b. July 1878 b. Azores married 17 years (which means they married abt. 1883 - do you have their marriage record?) came to US 1 879 wife Mary 35, b.May 1865, 9 children born, 9 children living b. Azores came to US 1870. ch: Mary b. Apr. 1885; Annie b. July 1886; Manuel b. Dec. 1887; Joe b. May 1889; Louie b. Oct. 1890; Frank b. Nov 1892; Will b. Apr 1894; George b. Feb. 1897; Fortune (son) b. Feb. 1897 (so I gather George and Fortune are twins). All children b. in CA. -- 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."

