Thanks Karen, just goes to show that not giving up finally pays off!!
Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sat, Apr 18, 2015 at 4:39 PM, Karen Huffman <[email protected]> wrote: > Awww congratulations! > On Apr 12, 2015 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. > -- 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.
