That's wonderful, Dave! Thanks for letting us know. It's great to hear your happy news,
:^D Linda On Wednesday, October 28, 2015 at 9:23:00 AM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > > Success!!! > > Thank you to each and every one of you who have spent time searching on my > behalf and to each one of you following this thread. I could not have done > it without you. You are an answer to my prayers! God Bless you! > > I have been searching for Velma Cotta, my birth mother, for most of my > adult life with no results beyond finding out her name and marriage to my > birth father. Due to the help from members of this group - she has been > identified and I have been able to locate and contact my actual, real 1st > cousin! A child of Velma's sister! > > The information came in a little bit at a time but then quickly once we > were pretty sure we were on the right trail. Understanding the name change > from Belmira to Velma was really the first clue. Then census info, > newspapers articles, tracking the people who might be the right family, > finding graves, then obituaries of Velma's parents (thank you Sequoia > Genealogical Society!) and then the obituary of Velma's sister. I don't > have permission to name the people who actually found all this but you can > find them on this thread :) They did all the important work as I have no > clue. > > To you who have been searching, too. Keep looking and trying and I hope > for your success! > > Thank you, > > Dave > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Oct 22, 2015 at 12:34 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Yeah, that's the spelling. I knew it looked a little off! >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >> Tainhas, Achada >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
