Was your mother baptized at St. Dominic's? If so, wouldn't they have
had a record of it? Was she listed in the 1930 US Census
enumeration? I'm interested in Benicia Azorean-Americans because my
father and his siblings were all born in Benicia, although most of my
immediate family had left for
My mother was born at home in 1916. Apparently, there was some disagreement at
to what she was to be named and when my grandfather went into town to register
her birth, he did so with the name that he wanted. My mother was baptised as
Anna and that is what the churdh records say and that is
A similar thing happened to my husband. He was born in East Providence, RI,
1935. His father, birth registered as Seraphine Edward Perry, also born in
East Providence, RI, went to register his birth. He registered him as Roberd
Edward Pereira.
I did not find this out until my
Cheri and Marcio,
Thanks so much for all your help. I've learned a lot in the past few days
thanks to you guys. You are right I'm lucky that I knew what freguesia Joao
Pedro Tavares was born in. I'm fortunate enough that my parents are nearly 80
and still with us. When I started asking
RootsMagic and the book is on sale for $20 through the end of the year.
More info about the sale can be found here:
http://www.rootsmagic.com/holidayoffer/
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
Achada
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Just got this in from Family Tree DNA (FTDNA):
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Starting tonight, and until December 31st, we will reduce the price of our
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*Price for NEW
Oh duh, it might help if I provide the link to the Azores DNA project:
https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=AzoresIslands
If you want to do DNA on a non-Portuguese line, you can test that too at the
same sale price.
Cheri
On Wed, Dec 1, 2010 at 9:08 PM, Cheri Mello
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