Greg and Maria, I also have many ancestors from Faial and Pico. I also have the names: Furtado, Furtado Fagundes, Furtado Gamardo, Furtado Homem, and Furtado Vieira. I have many Garcia, Garcia Melo, Garcia Rosa, Garcia Sousa, Garcia Cardoso Lemos, Garcia Evangelho, Garcia Fontes, Garcia Lemos, Garcia Macedo, Garcia Mancebo, Also I have Silva, Silva Serpa, Silva Serpa Alves, Silva Silvieira and Serpa. In a message dated 1/24/2013 2:15:22 P.M. Pacific Standard Time, [email protected] writes:
Lorraine, We to are planning to fly from Boston on SATA to Sao Miguel. (I think all the flights originate from Boston) Our trip is a little more complicated since we live in El Salvador on what we call our own island! Booking through United, multiple destination from San Salvador to Los Angeles layover with family for a week, then on to Boston, Azores, back to Boston then on to Houston and back home here in the jungle.... Book in advance... like in the next few weeks My ancestors are from Faial and Pico. Although I want to see as many of the islands as possible, we are planning a month long trip. My idea is to fly from Sao Miguel to maybe Terceira first, since from Sao Miguel the boat ride to is more than a 100 miles. Then we would take ferry’s between the nearby ones. The 2 western most islands Corvo and Flores would be another flight of 130 miles or more from Faial. I have found some relatives on Faial that I am contacting through a long lost cousin. True that everyone has their story but after NOT KNOWING my roots for 64 years! I am going to stand exactly where my grandfather was born and look upon Pico Island just like he did from Chao Frio, Flamengos, Faial. I now have a plot map of the houses that my great grandfather and his 8 brothers and sisters lived in I am as jazzed as can be! AND MANY MANY THANKS to this great group for helping me to begin my big journey. Greg and Maria Dias not to mention our dog Sarge. I also have Furtado, Garcia, Silva and Serpa in the last 100 years of names... many more back to 1650 From: _Lorraine Price_ (mailto:[email protected]) Sent: Thursday, January 24, 2013 8:38 AM To: [email protected]_ (mailto:[email protected]) Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Azores trip We’re planning a trip to the Azores in May. Does anyone know of any planned trips, good deals, air fares, hotels? I’m guessing the main airport is in San Miguel. We’ll want to travel to Graciosa (my family’s birthplace) and probably Terciera, by boat? plane?. Any other suggestions? What about a driver/tour guide? Thanks much! -- -- 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_ (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_ (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."
