Caroline, I am not sure this will help; however, it may. I could not find the place of birth of my son-in-law's great-grandfather, Francisco Inacio de Sousa. Someone told me that, if he had been naturalized and voted, there were voter registration records for Alameda County in California. I found the binders that housed all the voter registration papers up to 1920. The binders, with all the names in alphabetical order, were in something called the "Erickson Collection" and the voter registration office told me that the "Erickson Collection" was at Cal State Hayward (at the time) now East Bay.
I found the person I was researching had voted 16 (I think) times and all of the sheets except one just said Azores. The "odd" one said Flores, Azores. Flores does not have many villages so I was able to look at each village and I FOUND HIM! So there may be some hidden information in the county where he lived here in California. Celeste Perry [email protected] -------------------------------------------- On Thu, 2/2/17, 'Caroline Gomes' via Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> wrote: Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Frank Gomes and Manuel Gomes To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> Date: Thursday, February 2, 2017, 6:54 PM An update to my search! I think we have found Frank's father, Manuel Gomes from a draft card, a death certificate online and thru the census: Manuel Enos GomesBorn Sept 4, 1875Died April 30, 1042 (Stockton, California) Immigrated here: 1906 There is still no mention of an actual island of where he is from. All of the documents either indicate Azores or just Portugal. I have tried going thru some passenger lists online but it seems so overwhelming....lol. We have ordered Frank's birth certificate but I have a feeling that either Azores or Portugal will be listed as to where his father is from. So, what do I do next? :) Thanks! Caroline -- 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.
