Thank you, Cheri! It's extremely kind of you. I remember Rose well, and her daughter is still alive - once the family gets to the US, all is clear. It's just going backward that's awkward.
Thanks again! On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 9:34 PM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kathleen H, > > Everything in the Azores is organized on the village (freguesia level). > You need to know which village/freguesia it was on Faial. > > Faial has about 13 churches to search. You could go through 1901-1903 > looking for a Rosa born to a Faria. The records cut off in 1911, so there's > no way to find Lydia. > > You could use American resources to trace Rosa/Rose and her siblings. > Death certificates, obituaries from the paper, tombstone, kids' baptisms, > U.S. Census, naturalization records (hers or spouse's). There's a whole > list of things to search in this how to on the Azores GenWeb here: > > http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/research-aids-a---l/finding-your-portuguese/ > > Also, if you have an exact year for your Rose/Rosa coming to MA, you can > search the Passaportes leaving Horta as well. > > Happy hunting! > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > On Mon, Oct 14, 2019 at 6:21 PM Kathleen Hurley <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Hi, I'm stuck and hoping for either information or inspiration! My >> great-grandmother Rose Faria was born in Faial and settled in MA, US. I >> can't find her birth record. She had multiple siblings, and I can't find >> their birth records, either. The family story is that their parents died >> young so it's possible they took on a relative's name but (guess?) even >> though I have a possible line on this, I can't find the records. Best yet, >> one of the siblings died in the Azores, and I can't find her death >> certificate! Any insight? >> >> Rose (b. 1902) or Lydia Faria (b. abt 1916) (possible relative's name is >> Cardosa). >> >> Thank you for any advice! >> >> -- >> 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]. >> To view this discussion on the web visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/0e3600a0-2e63-43fc-867f-8a1389318aa7%40googlegroups.com >> <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/0e3600a0-2e63-43fc-867f-8a1389318aa7%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]. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_F1OR3-SjQbfOd5t41vamQS5XOCu12i3oBsmKMpNFzRoQ%40mail.gmail.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_F1OR3-SjQbfOd5t41vamQS5XOCu12i3oBsmKMpNFzRoQ%40mail.gmail.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- Kathleen Hurley 757-828-6373 -- 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]. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CADF7%3D98wHVAW9%2BkocRoQYVA%3DXJXGVnnvroYANKnGQ43tPWca5A%40mail.gmail.com.
