Thank you Lisa I will check into it
On Sun, Oct 23, 2016 at 8:04 PM, themom8682 via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > The book about the festas is *The Holy Ghost Festas: A Historic > Perspective of the Portuguese in California*, Tony P. Goulart, published > by Portuguese Chamber of Commerce of San Jose in 2003. I checked World Cat > and it is available in many libraries in California and a few other random > libraries across the country. On World Cat it looks like you can search > within the book but when I tried to search the names and places that I know > are in the book, "no matches" returned. > > Lisa > > > -----Original Message----- > From: Marilyn Thompson <[email protected]> > To: Cheri Mello <[email protected]> > Sent: Sat, Oct 22, 2016 10:16 pm > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] UPEC books > > What was the name of the book you found the additional information in? The > book might be found in another library also. > > Great that you found photos of your family members. > > On Sat, Oct 22, 2016 at 8:24 PM, 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Sounds really interesting and it was definitely worth the trip for you to >> find that photo and other tidbits of information. Thank you for reporting >> back to us!! >> >> Susan >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >> On 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. 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