I just got back from SLC and want to add my hearty agreement with what everyone has said regarding the Azores Conference. I was not as successful this year in finding records (last year was the mother lode!), but benefited greatly with refresher courses covering everything from Travel to the Azores and searching Portuguese newspapers. Now I'm just waiting for more people to submit their DNA and subsequent results to the Azores DNA project. Come on everybody!!! Everyone was so friendly and helpful and I always appreciate reconnecting with "cousins". Thank you again Cherie, Rosemarie and Joao for ALL your work and selfless committment to helping us research our Azorean roots!
Blessings, Janet Mason Langland (researching Mason, Sao Jorge) On Monday, April 13, 2015 at 3:05:30 PM UTC-7, Mary Pimentel Wheeler wrote: > > Good afternoon everyone - I wanted to add my thanks to growing list of > people who appreciated the time and attention that Cheri, Joao and > Rosemarie gave to all of us at the conference. It was sort of a last > minute decision for me to attend, but I'm so happy I decided to go. I > learned so much from the three of you, and have gained a lot of confidence > in my reading of old Portuguese records (at least the legible ones....). I > found some articles in the Azores history books at the Family Research > Center that contained info that I would not have found otherwise, and > really appreciated the lectures that described the tools we can use for > research. I feel like I was digging with a teaspoon before, and now I have > a shovel! I came home with a binder full of hints and clues, and now can > begin working on those. If any of the members are ever on the fence about > attending this conference in the future - I HIGHLY recommend it. > > Once again Cherie, Joao and Rosemarie - thank you for all the work you did > so that we could have a wonderful experience, I very much appreciated it! > > regards, > > Mary > -- 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.
