Hi Leslie Welcome to the wonderful world of Azorean genealogy! It sounds as if you have some good info on this family. But, it might be helpful to you to start from the beginning ..... your late husband. Write down everything you know, his parent's names, dates and places. Then, you gradually work your way back in time. It is always easier and generally gets better results if you do it this way instead of jumping right in to the great grandparents.
Also, I would like to direct you to my web site, the Azores GenWeb. The link is below. It was designed primarily to help folks such as yourself that are new to Azorean genealogy. You will find lots of info and advice on how to get started there. There is a Paleography to help you decipher the written language, lists of important words you will find in records, maps of each island with links to the available online records, How-to documents, Tips on getting started, and much more. Don't worry about not being good with the language. With a little practice, and knowing what to look for, you will be able to read the records as you find them in no time! Good luck and happy hunting! Kathy Cardoza Coordinator, Azores GenWerb ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/azoresindex.html Climb my Family Tree: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/Kathy/index.htm ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Oct 12, 2009, at 1:46 PM, lezli wrote: > > I have started on my late husband's portuguese side of his family. I > am in a bind because I do not know where to start because I am not > very good in portuguese. I know that his great grandparents came from > Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores. I also have down that they were > born at the same place. I do have one of their children born in Sao > Pedro, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Azores. I did look up a church > records in that place but no one goes by the name of Virginio Augusto > de Carvalho. I do feel can of frustrated because I am not really good > in the language. Thank you, Leslie L Carvalho > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---