The groom is Francisco Moniz de Resendes, so not even close. A "how to" is here on the Azores GenWeb: http://goo.gl/6PMwRD
You'll need to get death certificates and obituaries, do census research, naturalization & alien registration. It's all outlined in the URL above. Guessing at a freguesia on Sao Miguel won't work. You need a name, date, and place. You only have the name. So there's a lot more U.S. work to be done. And I'd do this on Virginia too, because she may have the clue to her husband. And get the actual marriage from the book at Holy Rosary. Not the half sheet of paper that says He married Her by Me the Priest. The book has more information. Do that on both your immigrant ancestors and get to work on Virginia. You have her freguesia on Sao Miguel (Candelaria). All you need is an approximate birth and you'll be able to find her baptism quite easily. You'll be learning how to read (or bumble your way through) the church records. After you exhaust your paper trail, you can also turn to DNA. However, Sao Miguel is the largest island. We are starting to see *SOME* clustering, but it's not always clear cut. You may have to test multiple people to get a clearer picture on which freguesia your Jose was from. And you're going to have to think about who would be the best candidate to solve your genealogical problem. As I said though, you need to exhaust your paper trail first. 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]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
