Rosemarie, I did a search on ANYWHO. com and found Focha's in N. San Jose, Escalon, Oakdale, and Ione in Calif, some with phone number. Might be worth a phone call. John
On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 4:00 PM, rcapodc <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks John, I did some more searching on Ship Passenger lists and the > two I did fine were from Flores! Good to know that someone else has see the > name there. The trouble is that the Caetano Jose Focha that lived in > Petaluma probably married here not Flores so I don’t think I will find his > marriage. Wife’s name was Anna some say Silveira some say Mederios and of > course, no village name listed on anything. He was in the UPEC,found his > death on their registers but the council that he was in (3) was NOT filmed > by the Mormon’s when they filmed the UPEC records. My girls friend is going > to go to the Freitas Library and see if they will let her see the original > membership record book and see if Caetano’s village is listed. > > Thanks again, Rosemarie > > *From:* John Vasconcelos <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Wednesday, August 06, 2014 3:52 PM > *To:* azores <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Surname Focha > > Hi Rosemarie, > Although it's not very common, I've seen the Focha surname on Flores > John Vasconcelos > > > On Wed, Aug 6, 2014 at 2:18 PM, rcapodc <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi all, >> >> I am helping a friend with some research on the Focha family of Petaluma >> CA. I ran the surname through the NEPS site for Pico & Faial and it didn’t >> come up. Does anyone out there know this surname on their Island of >> research? I don’t remember seeing it on Sao Jorge but then again I haven’t >> done research in every village. >> >> Thanks for any ideas on the surname. >> >> Rosemarie >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
