A Cheri stated, Merced is a town in Merced County. I lived there , went to college there, and this is where my great grandpa came to, from Hawaii. Just to the south is Madera. and the north is Atwater and Modesto If I can help locate information, let me know, I have no problem digging around a little. I believe there is a Portuguese Historical Society, or at least a genealogical society in Merced. Here is the link to Merced. Genealogical Society:
http://mercedgenealogy.com/ They could help push you in the right direction. If they can't help you, I could check the Merced and Madera County records office for their marriage record. contact me if the genealogical society doesn't pan out. [email protected] On Sunday, February 23, 2014 9:24:00 PM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Repost for Tiffany Borges, borgeskids at gmail.com > > I read once in a while, enjoy the vast kindness & knowledge shared in this > group, and am delving back into the search for my husband's grandparents' > lineage. I hit a dead end about one year ago, and admittedly don't know > what I'm doing, beyond subscribing to the Ancestry.com (which I can't > afford on this day...) and bashing around 411 calling various churches. > > The names are Jose Borges and Ana Toste, both arriving through Boston in > 1920 (I only had the passport for Grandma, not Grandpa) and their records > seem to narrow in on Gustine, Merced, CA. The tricky part is that my > husband's uncle, now the only remaining son alive, doesn't know for certain > that his parents married in California. I hear alternating stories that > they may have met in Massachusetts or Connecticut. But the prevailing tale > seems to be that both met as teenagers, in CA, and were from Terceira. > > Jose Borges da Luz DOB 13 June 1905 > the only public record I've found for Ana is her brother Antonio's (DOB > 11/25/1894) WWII draft card ... listing him in Merced. (is that a town or > a county?) > > I found them listed as married (and as "Joe & Annie", lol) in the 1930 > Census, Los Angeles, with a 2 year old daughter. > > Do I call parishes willy-nilly asking about marriage records around 1925? > I just had such poor luck with that, previously, and would treasure any > guidance you could give me. We're making an album for said Uncle, in hard > copy, and I feel like it's incomplete without the marriage record for his > parents. > > Thank you, > Tiffany in Alaska > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
