Hi Brian M, The researcher that lives there that covers Sao Jorge and Graciosa islands is Joao Ventura. He has a real job (it just happens to be working in the archives for the government for whatever they assign him). He does research for hire as a side job. So he does this research for hire after his regular work job is finished for the day. So you won't be able to fly over there and just sit down with him while he is working his regular job and expect to see him doing a side job during his regular work hours. Any of the researchers for hire you will pay them a fee and they do the research and send you the results. It doesn't matter if you go to their location or not, you will still receive your results. If you happen to fly to where they are located, maybe you could try to meet up at lunch or after work with them.
Many researchers for hire can only work so many cases at a time and some have a wait list. If you have contacted Joao, make sure you have put "99" and not "9" by mistake. hero...@yahoo.com. And sometimes, life can get in the way. You did not say how long it has been since you emailed Joao. Maybe he came down with the flu or something. I don't know. Email him again and ask if he can take your case (you need a name, date (or range) and the freguesias) and how long he estimates it might be before he can get to you. The full list of Researchers for Hire can be found on the Azores GenWeb here. You need your ancestor's name, dates (or range), and the freguesia. http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/researchers-available-for.html (P.S. It's "Obrigado" for "thank you" in Portuguese. Gracias is Spanish). Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Thu, Dec 5, 2019 at 11:17 AM Brian Margarit < analyticadvantag...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hey everybody, > > I'll be traveling to Sao Jorge and Graciosa sometime in the next year, and > I'm looking for a referral for a researcher/genealogist/archiver etc that I > could hire while I'm there. I tried contacting a Joao that is recommended > here but received no response. Any help would be greatly appreciated. > > Gracias! > > > -- > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/5911aec2-4633-4237-87d4-1aade5ab9f96%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/5911aec2-4633-4237-87d4-1aade5ab9f96%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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_Hpr%2BE8CzNNT_shY70%2BUEgvcw3c7dmtc7MSkLZq9X%3DTOQ%40mail.gmail.com.
