Kevin, If you want to try the needle-in-the-haystack approach, start looking through the baptisms here: https://tombo.pt/d/acores
Otherwise, you need to do more work in the U.S. Here are a whole bunch of places to look: http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/research-aids-a---l/finding-your-portuguese/ Good luck and happy hunting! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 9:43 PM Kevin Fontes <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm researching my Great Grandfather and cannot figure out his parents > names, mainly trying to trace my last name as far back as I can and I'm > stuck, any help would be appreciated. > > Anselmo De Souza Fontes > B.1864 – D.1924 > BIRTH 5 MAR 1864 • Calheta, Azores, Portugal (Not 100% sure on his place > of birth) > DEATH 30 APR 1924 • Oakland, Alameda Co, California > > Spouse: Caroline (Carrie) Avelar B.1874 - D.1926 Married in California > 8/22/1890 > Children: Laurence, Margaret, Fredrick, Marie, Anselmo Jr, Caroline, > Clement (All children born in the USA) > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/95ea36c6-1197-4dcf-ba53-94db6f8168bc%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/95ea36c6-1197-4dcf-ba53-94db6f8168bc%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_EA6dwX8aUPYbC9rKtAMCWSGJ%3DGvexbgCPOk%2BwNBC%3DAHQ%40mail.gmail.com.
