RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation Help

2011-04-02 Thread Jacki G.
Cheri, that's good to know. The director there was the person who actually helped me get started when I was researching my other line from Sao Miguel. His mother is Azorean. I will have to check with him and see if a larger lens is possible. Thanks for the info. That's why I love this group.

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

2011-04-02 Thread Jacki G.
Eric, That's awesome. I had that same sort of thing happen with my great grandfather. Who, was also killed in Oakland in 1909 when my grandmother was 2. Weird coincidence huh? His name was Fernandes but I found the article in SF Chronicle and he was listed as Fernanz. He was killed in an

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

2011-04-02 Thread Eric Gomes
Ironically, I have another great-great grandfather on my maternal side that worked for Southern Pacific in Sacramento... as far as I know he was working as an attendant at a railroad crossing in the early 1900's... apparently there was a runaway car or something and he tried to jump onto it to

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Shows (on American TV): Who Do You Think You...

2011-04-02 Thread netadosAcores
Cheri, I have tried many times to enter this contest. Each time I enter, the please complete in red comes up just above my name. Everything else is fine. But for some unknown reason to me my name is not valid. Ally In a message dated 3/31/2011 11:11:43 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

2011-04-02 Thread netadosAcores
Eric, Congratulations! Know the feeling on breaking through. Wish I could be there to share your serendipity... but I shall have to settle for a glass here in Utah. Ally Vieira Anselmo in Ribeira Seca, Sao Miguel Pinheiro, Nunes, Silveira in Praia do Almoxarife and Pedro Miguel,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Shows (on American TV): Who Do You Think You...

2011-04-02 Thread CaraBela
The address I go to for Ancestry.com's sweepstakes is: _http://www.ancestry.com/s46878/t21178/rd.ashx_ (http://www.ancestry.com/s46878/t21178/rd.ashx) Sherry In a message dated 4/2/2011 8:12:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, netadosaco...@aol.com writes: Cheri, I have tried many times

Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

2011-04-02 Thread Tish . Meals
Eric, When you go to the train museum, if you have time, could you find out if there are records of weekly pay statements for 1858-1900 for the men who built the railroad. I think I am interested in the railroad that was near Mission San Jose, Niles area. Thanks in advance, Tish On Apr

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Shows (on American TV): Who Do You Think You...

2011-04-02 Thread Edward Rodrigues
Ally The same thing happened to me until I realized that they want you to put a dash line between numbers on phone number 000-000- On Apr 2, 2011, at 9:24 AM, netadosaco...@aol.com wrote: Cheri, I have tried many times to enter this contest. Each time I enter, the please

Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

2011-04-02 Thread Julie Marsh
Also if you can not find the information at the museum you might want to go to the main liberary downtown. They have lots of information for history and genealogy research in the California Room. The state Liberary is on L I believe and they also have most records for the state availible for

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

2011-04-02 Thread Besotes
Eric, How exciting for you! This may be an excellent learning experience for us all --- with regards to the CA Death Index or any index for that matter. A month ago I was working on my Brother-in-Law's family tree in the Stockton, CA area. Their last name was Smith, so it was like

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation Help

2011-04-02 Thread Patricia Butcher
Hi Cousin Jacki, According to my Cedros, Faial file you do have the names correct Antonio Francisco de Medeiros's birthdate is also correct. I do not have the actual record but the Faial researcher that did the village of Cedros, Faial also had a note posted regarding Jose Francisco Alcaide

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Shows (on American TV): Who Do You Think You...

2011-04-02 Thread netadosAcores
Yeh, I did that, there was a * at the telephone number so I knew to add the dashes, but something else is wrong and that's what I can't figure out. So if you win the grand prize, please adopt me into your family! Ally In a message dated 4/2/2011 11:06:46 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,

[AZORES-Genealogy] One Family Tree

2011-04-02 Thread netadosAcores
Group, One Family Tree was on last Thursday night on the National Geography channel here in Utah. Their whole program was that no matter where your family has traveled across the world, your roots will always trace back to Africa. They were having people of various nationalities swab