Muito obrigado, João! I'll e-mail Dr. Gomes, appropriately noting my appreciation for his work and my interest in purchasing it... Thanks again.
David da Silva Cornell Miami, FL Researching the following surnames: Faial - Terra (unknown freguesia(s)) Flores - Freitas, Lourenço, Coelho (unknown freguesia(s)) Pico - Silveira Cardoso, Macedo, Machado, Pereira Madruga, Ferreira, Cardoso, Cardoso Machado, Vieira, Bettencourt, Dutra, Castanho, Homem, Goulart, Quaresma, Moniz, Barreto, Silveira, Pereira, Álvares (all Lajes do Pico) S. Jorge - Silva, Botelho, Azevedo, Cardoso (Urzelina); Silva, Azevedo, Cardoso (Santo António in Norte Grande) On Thursday, May 2, 2013 3:49:42 AM UTC-4, João Ventura wrote: > > Hi David, > > You can e-mail Francisco Gomes at the following address f r a n c i s c o > a n p g o m e s at p o r t u g a l m a i l dot c o m > > Last time I emailed him (end of last year), he did indicate that he was > preparing the 'Familias' ebook. I'm sure he'd appreciate to know that he > would be able to sell one more copy of the book, so I'd encourage you to > contact him and say so. > > Best regards, > > João Ventura > > On Thursday, May 2, 2013 5:03:18 AM UTC+2, David wrote: >> >> I have tried to locate online either some place from which I can purchase >> a copy of the book Familias da Ilha das Flores or else some library that >> has a copy I could request... But no luck yet on either score. Not even >> the Family History Library Catalog seems to list it... >> >> I did locate on a cached page from the Azores Regional Government website >> an e-mail address for the author, who apparently had a role with a >> government agency, but the current version of the website no longer carries >> his name or that government e-mail address, so I have to assume he is no >> longer in that role and so the e-mail address is no longer effective. >> >> Does anyone have any suggestions as to how I could obtain a hard copy, or >> are they all gone and I just need to wait for the e-book version to get >> published (and in the meantime rely on the kindness of strangers for >> look-ups)? >> >> So, pending my getting hands on a copy of the Familias book, I do need to >> ask for someone to do me the kindness of looking up a couple whom I located >> in the Lajes das Flores section of the Casais das Flores e do Corvo book, >> and letting me know in particular the names and birth dates of any children >> they had: >> >> José Francisco Coelho [n. Lomba, Lajes das Flores, f.º de Manuel >> FurtadoCoelho e de Isabel >> Furtado] c. 1844.09.01 c. Ana da Trindade [f.ª de Manuel FurtadoLourenço e >> de Maria da Trindade]. -- from Casais, p. 107. >> >> Thanks in advance for any help... >> >> David da Silva Cornell >> Miami, FL >> >> Researching the following surnames: >> >> Faial - Terra (unknown freguesia(s)) >> >> Flores - Freitas, Lourenço, Coelho (unknown freguesia(s)) >> >> Pico - Silveira Cardoso, Macedo, Machado, Pereira Madruga, Ferreira, >> Cardoso, Cardoso Machado, Vieira, Bettencourt, Dutra, Castanho, Homem, >> Goulart, Quaresma, Moniz, Barreto, Silveira, Mancebo, Pereira, Álvares >> (all >> Lajes do Pico) >> >> S. Jorge - Silva, Botelho, Azevedo, Cardoso (Urzelina); Silva, Azevedo, >> Cardoso (Santo António in Norte Grande) >> > -- For 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]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
