Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Trying to track down information on my paternal grandfather

2017-09-01 Thread Claire
will hope the information I have is close enough. I am such a beginner at this! I would really like to hire a genealogist to help, but I don't know where to start. Thank you for your help. On Thursday, August 31, 2017 at 11:50:41 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Claire, > No one in yo

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Trying to track down information on my paternal grandfather

2017-09-01 Thread Claire
:58:41 AM UTC-4, Neil Teixeira wrote: > > Hi Claire, >Neil Teixeira here. You need to ID his correct name and village on > Faial Island. I would first get a copy of his marriage record from > which-ever Catholic Church he was married in. The Priest would have wanted > t

[AZORES-Genealogy] Trying to track down information on my paternal grandfather

2017-08-31 Thread Claire
My grandfather was born in Faial in the Azores but came to the U.S. sometime between his birth year of approximately 1888 and 1910. His name in the U.S. was Lewis, but I remember my parents saying that the name was really Luiz or something close to that. I thought my mom told me the last