Thanks again Doug! Good info & details for everyone on the list. I have used some of these techniques.
Yes, my Machado Avila great uncles from Ribeiras, Pico, mentioned the Spain connection. One second cousin mentioned a connection to Pedro Menendez de Aviles & papers that documented this.....however they are missing now. Think I told you that some years back. Have read quite a bit about him & his life. He did voyage to the Azores once but I could only find it briefly mentioned. My Cedros, Faial research, where my grandfather, Tomas Pereira Jorge de Escobar was born was challenging but through the help of many others on the list & my trip to the Azores in the early 2000's, I have hundreds of records. While searching the archives in Faial, I found many records for other Portuguese families that I had grown up with in RI.....not knowing at the time that we were related. I lived on a small island only 9 miles long & 1 mile wide off of Newport, RI. Later learned through my research that 5 of these families had immigrated from Cedros, Faial and some were 3rd---5th cousins of mine. How cool is that! Many were in my class at school but no one talked about being related, etc. A pleasant surprise. Patricia Las Vegas, NV ---- [email protected] wrote: -- -- 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
