Friday I attended an all-day workshop led by João Ventura on methods for tracing ancestry through Portuguese records, particularly Azorean records. The workshop was wonderful and João's formidable skills were apparent. I was so happy to meet and talk with a list member with so much expertise that he so willingly shared with us. I learned so much!
The workshop was part of a four-day Annual Conference on Portuguese-American Education and Culture presented by the Luso-American Education Foundation and hosted by U.C. Berkeley, which this years celebrated the fortieth anniversary of the "Carnation Revolution." It was attended by the Consuls General of Portugal and Brazil, the representative of the Governo Regional dos Açores, and several Portuguese language and studies instructors. I had a great time brushing up my Portuguese is preparation for my next trip to the paradise in the Atlantic in May. Muito obrigado, João Ventura, por sua generosidade! e valiosas. Estou tão feliz para se encontrâ-lhe e aprender tanta informação valiosa. Tomás Leal -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
