*Hi Valerie,* *Welcome to the group! As for guidance, I'm sure that you'll find everyone here ready and willing to help. Its interesting that you mentioned that you were looking to contact the PGSH, because George Nelson is a cousin of yours (I've have the genealogy). Although George Nelson is not around, Dan Nelson is the president of PGSH. If you need info about the organization you can email me privately. *
*Re: Portuguese Hawaiian Memories - The members of this group are quite happy to share any research data they have with other group members; that includes those that have a copy of PHM - just ask!!! However, considering that your family was part of the Great Migration to Hawaii, it would certainly be a valuable addition to your genealogy to have a copy of PHM in your library. I'm sure that PGSH can find a copy for you, either now, or, when the next printing is available.* *Lastly, I have done some research on the Cabrinha family groups on the Big Island, and in Maui, but my records are all subsequent to the Great Migration, and, "hard copy" to boot. I would love to consult with you about your earlier ancestors - especially, those from the Azores.* On Friday, December 5, 2014 4:41:23 PM UTC-5, Valerie Dreger wrote: > > Hello Everyone, > > With some guidance and perseverance, I was able to find this group online > as I was looking for the Portuguese Genealogical Society of Hawaii for an > upcoming trip to Hawaii the first week in February in which I will be > bringing my mother Patricia Cabrinha (Folk) home to her birth island, Big > Island, and where she lived most of her time there and through Pearl Harbor > in Honolulu, Oahu. > > My Uncle Earl, who passed away years ago had given us a precious book, > Portuguese Hawaiian Memories, which for some reason has gone missing from > my mother and my house. Last weekend I went to see her in Ohio and we > searched through a box of incredible finds from his collection of pictures > from growing up there and the book was no where to be found. I have gone > through my house as I have been working on the genealogy for sometime now > and just cannot find it. > > I am absolutely heartbroken. Thanks to the Facebook page Portuguese > Hawaiian Genealogy and Heritage, who pointed me in the right direction to > find the Genealogical Society as the publisher and where I could possibly > find a new copy. Please tell me that there is a shread of hope that we > might be able to find one?? > > Also, I know this is really important to me, my mother as well as this > will be the first time my brother and her grandson will be there with her. > Actually us all together as one. I have been the only one lucky enough to > have traveled there with her. There is so much information we have as > someone in the extended family actually traced the family back to > approximately 1512 with a story narrative and left it among my Uncle's > belongings, as well as this collection of amazing pictures. And we, of > course, would like to collect more information, meet others, if we could > stop by...and she is hoping to go by a few of her old "stomping grounds' > one of which is her grandpa's in Kona. > > We will be on Oahu landing in the morning of 2/7 and flying back out at > night on 2/10. If someone could get back to me it would be greatly > appreciated. If anyone wants any information I have I have a tree that I > am building on Ancestry (have not even gotten CLOSE to entering all the > data I have from the book my Uncle had in his things, but have a pdf > already scanned of it). > > My mother is besides herself with Joy to come home...and so am I. This is > a bucket list item for her. She is a breast cancer survivor, had a hip > replacement in September..survived Pearl Harbor which I know some of you on > this page can relate in one way or another...she is my hero...and we are > coming home. > > Mahalo nui loa > > Valerie > > > -- 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.
