Hi all, I have been getting and reading the many emails that come in through this site for the past couple of months and it has occurred to me that most of the communities in the Azores are quite small and everyone knows everyone else (indeed may be related at some level). I have only been over there once and only met a small part of the family members who are there because as it was explained to me most of them live in a different town than where my grandparents grew up having moved there after Salazar left power when things vastly improved.
My question is whether or not some of you who have been at this genealogy business for long time have found that the family members who are over there are in the least bit interested in tracing their roots. Does one reach a point where you can get to a town where those who came to the US originated from and then find someone who has worked on the lineage back to the great great and further level? Just wondering what to expect if I am ever able to get anywhere with this side of the pond because it would seem to make sense to somehow connect with a living human being on that end who has some info. Thoughts and suggestions greatly appreciated... Fred Souza On Sep 20, 2012, at 12:10 AM, Robert Ross wrote: > Hello Linda, > I have some some coincidences in my searches to yours (though there are > stumbling blocks, too): > Both of my maternal grandparents were born on Pico. Adelaide Caroline > Costa, my grandmother, came to the U.S. in 1910 and was from Bandeiras. > Antonio Inacio de Brum, my grandfather came in 1892 and was from Lages do > Pico. His last name was Americanized [and misspelled] from Inacio to Enas. > My grandfather's maternal grandmother was a Maria Macedo. I only have a > date for her death, 1893. Trouble is that I have a Antonio Louis Bettencourt > as her spouse, not Joaquim Francisco Avila. If your Maria and my Maria were > similar in age, my Maria could have been biologically able to give birth to a > daughter (also named Maria) who gave birth to my grandfather in 1879. > (maybe?) > Anyway, everyone in my grandfather's family was from Lages do Pico and I > only know of his sister moving to the U.S. Antonio's family (Enas) settled in > Visalia, California. Antonio's sister (Mrs. Joseph Pedro), settled in > Pendleton, Oregon. > Good Luck on your search. I've found there are popular names that seem to > be used over again for different reasons. Lages seems like a small place with > "dozens and dozens of cousins". Bob Ross > [email protected] > On Sep 1, 2012, at 12:46 AM, David Leitz wrote: > >> Does anyone have any info on a Joaquim Francisco Avila born April 2, 1823 in >> Lajes do Pico. He married a Maria Macedo (Maria Conceicao) in 1859 and had >> several children. According to my grandmother 2 of the daughters moved to >> the U.S. One died when she was young - (maybe 40 +or-), was married to an >> alcoholic husband. My grandmother was not sure why she died and what >> happened to the other aunt. Any info, or ideas where to start looking, >> would be appreciated. >> >> Thanks, >> Linda Leitz >> >> -- >> 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." Thank you, Frederick Souza 19 Owen Drive Stonington, CT 06378-1012 860-535-2670 [email protected] -- 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."
