Melody M, If your Jose C. DeSilver was the immigrant, he was born as Jose C. da Silva.
I don't know what you mean by Portugal (Yarmouth, MA V.R.) Was he born in Portugal or in Yarmouth, Massachusetts? V.R.?? Is that a typo for V.I.? Virgin Islands? They are down around the Carribean. If your mother's sources said Porto, Portugal, then that's the continent. Sometimes, you will see Porto written as Oporto. You'll have to research back to about the early 1800s to find anyone else working on your line. Many people aren't interested in genealogy and don't answer us. Some people on this list do research the continent too. I'm not sure of their online sources. Someone who know will post here. Otherwise, you'll have to order film from your local Family History Center (FHC) and work from there. Good luck, Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
