I want to thank Sherry Barnhurst, a very helpful contributor to this list, who found some very important information for me. I live in Virginia but I found Sherry on this list when she posted that she had Graciosa films in the Moreno Valley CA Family History Center. I got in touch with her, sent her my info (father from Graciosa) and by (laboriously) searching the Graciosa films, she found my grandfather's baptismal records. And in those records she also found his parents and grandparents on both sides - that's 2 more generations in my family, my great-grandparents and my great-great-grandparents!
When my husband and I were in CA at Christmas, we arranged a meeting with Sherry at the FHC and drove over to meet her and see what she had. She then told us how to go about finding more info in our local FHC in VA. This was a wonderful experience for me. Her amazingly generous work and willingness to help is typical of the people on this list. We new searchers could never make such fast progress without the help of all of you who are willing to share your knowledge and efforts. A year and a half ago when I first started all this, Elaine Sharp also on this list and also from CA, was the person who single-handedly found the key to all the information I've found since then. I thank her again for all her work and encouragement. I've met several people from a family I never knew I had and I'm going to the Azores in May! I've arranged with Joao Ventura, an Azorean researcher also recommended on this list, to help me with finding family documents before I get there. I hope someday I'll be able to help others in this very rewarding work of finding our family's stories. -- -- 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 and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. For more options, visit https://groups.google.com/groups/opt_out.
