Don't believe everything you read on the Internet. Even semi-official sites.
The Portuguese American Historical & Research Foundation ( http://www.portuguesefoundation.org/Entertainment.html) says Ray Bolger is of Portuguese descent. The Dorchester Atheneum ( http://www.dorchesteratheneum.org/page.php?id=816) which references Wikipedia, says he is of Portuguese descent (the Wikipedia page has changed and no longer says he's of Portuguese descent). The Internet Movie Database (www.imdb.com) says his birth name was Bulção. Nope. You can see his birth entry at FamilySearch. He was born Bolger. It took me about 2 hours to figure out that Ray Bolger was 100% Irish. No Portuguese descent. No Bulção changing to Bolger. Nope. The Bolger may have been Bulger. So if anyone ever asks, the information is in error. He is not of Portuguese ancestry at all. The only reason I did this (yes I heard some of you asking) was because my friend hit a Bulção line and I wondered about Ray Bolger so I looked it up. And not on Ancestry either. I used U.S. census and Massachusetts birth, marriage, and death records at Family Search. Too bad. My friend is going to have o be happy coming from a long line of peasants and working class people! LOL -- 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.
