Hi Brian M, The Portuguese Genealogy Conference and Research Trip has been moved to 2021, most likely the spring. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Fri, Nov 8, 2019 at 8:22 AM Brian Margarit <[email protected]> wrote: > Hey guys, > > I've never introduced myself on here - I've made a few posts under the > username 'analytic advantage'. > > I'll be going to the genealogy conference in 2020 to align with going to > the Acores to try and fill gaps in history and names etc. I currently live > in Mexico but was born in Canada. My family, mostly, comes from Sao Jorge, > Graciosa, and Terceira to a lesser extent. I got extremely lucky with my > grandfather's line on my mom's side and was able to go back as far as I > reliable could, which was prior to 900CE (Noronha). His wife is a > Cordeiro, and we have that line back to 1700 or so, back to Guadalupe/Praia > Graciosa, to Manuel Espinola De Mendonca. My family primarily lived in > Praia, Graciosa - Urzelina Sao Jorge - and Angra > > I owe a great deal to Bill Seidler. I started our tree back in 2008, but > ran into a lot of issues in consistency, so I stopped until two years ago. > He was able to fill in a lot of blanks for me that he was able to find with > the advent of the records being made available on the internet. I was able > to pay him back in a wealth of family photos. I've restored old images for > a number of years, including as far back as the first photographs on the > islands. To date I have around 100 from my family line alone. I also have > a lot of paperwork and low print number books etc that are hard to find. > > Glad I found this. > > Gracias! > > Brian Margarit > > > -- > 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/67961da7-887b-4da7-918a-0dff8169b01b%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/67961da7-887b-4da7-918a-0dff8169b01b%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_E6QwaLV6sgGMOW6o7448YNCY1DRgNYPF3PcxeHnv-08Q%40mail.gmail.com.
