How exciting, Lisa! Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily
On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 1:37 PM, themom8682 via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > The UPEC books (all in Portuguese of course) contained the records of the > business of the organization. There were some pages in the books that > folded out with copies of the "death" records showing what was paid out and > to whom. I have a close friend who has a great great grandfather that was > president of the UPEC for a time so there were many many references to him > in the books. > > I did find a small gem in a book about the Festas in California. There is > a 1-4 page history of each of the festas from different areas all over > California. I learned that my 3g uncle founded the festa in Sausalito AND > there was a photo of him in the book! Also, there was a photo from the > Yreka area festa of some cousins through another 3g uncle. > > Lisa > > > -----Original Message----- > From: 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > To: azores <[email protected]> > Sent: Mon, Oct 17, 2016 10:15 am > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] UPEC books > > Hi! > I would be interested to hear what you find as I live in Sacramento. I > have memories of going to going to a few conventions with my mom of the > SPRSI and I just have a hunch that there would be little of genealogical > value in “Sessions of the Supreme Council of UPEC” but am interested to > hear what you find. The real value of the membership books are that they > often give the island of origin information and some family relationships > in the beneficiaries listed in their rolls. > Happy hunting! > Susan Vargas Murphy > PS….I have not been to that library for years but if I am remembering > correctly, I did look at original books for marriages in Alameda County > ….which was very cool. > > On Oct 17, 2016, at 10:09 AM, themom8682 via Azores Genealogy < > [email protected]> wrote: > > Researching at the State Library in Sacramento, CA this morning. If > anyone is interested, they have four volumes of books with the Sessions of > the Supreme Council of UPEC: San Leandro, 1887-1898; Santa Cruz, > 1899-1903; San Rafael, 1904-1907; and San Jose, 1924-1927. There are no > indexes so you would need to know which book to look in and really scour it > for your person. > > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
