Great news. Gives us hope Sent from my iPhone
> On Apr 12, 2015, at 8:53 AM, Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi all, > > Just had to share my great find while in SLC! > I have been searching for my Grandmother coming to the USA for 30 years or > more. She always said she came in through the Port of NY in Sept 1914 and on > her Alien Registration Papers she listed that her name as Maria Vieira da > Silva when she arrived. That is what I've searched for, Maria Vieira da Silva > coming on that date. Now, the Angra passports have now come online and I > thought that I would search for EVERY Maria I saw on that list from August to > the end of Sept 1914 and see what I could see because I've never been able to > find her on the dates she gave under the name she gave. So, when I had time > between teaching classes and helping the other researchers, I searched. On > Thursday, right before lunch, I found her! She came under the surname of her > mother, Azevedo!! Sure enough, it said Maria d'Azevedo, 17 years, single from > Norte Grande, daughter of Francisco Vieira da Silva and Maria d'Azevedo! I'm > sure everyone in Basement 1 heard me, I was so excited! But the moral of the > story for all Portuguese researchers is, don't give up on the search and > don't believe everything your Grandparents said or wrote!! LOL > From this info I found her on the ship Patria and feel wonderful that I've > finally found my Va!! > > Rosemarie > [email protected] > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > -- > 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.
