Hi Leslie, Welcome to the list. If you live in the New England area there is a workshop at UMass at Dartmouth on Oct 31 presented by Cheri Mello and George Pacheco. I attended a very similar one this past spring presented by them. You may find it helpful.
My grandmother was a Carvalho, her parents were from Bretanha and from Ponta Delgada. I have worked with the records form Sao Sebastiao in Ponta Delgada and have the films on permenate loan at the local Family History Center. I know when you first start it is overwhelming looking at hand written records in a strange language but I was in the same situation when I started in 1990. The best records to start looking at are the marriages. These records would list the name Virginio Augusto de Carvalho and most records the names are written in the margin or at the top of the page. Birth records would only have the name Virginio which may be harder to spot. But Virginio is not a common name such as Jose or Manuel so you are lucky there. You have many friends on this list that will help you when you have questions. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, New Hampshire, USA Researching Bretanha, Ribeirinha, Ribeira Grande, Achade Grande, and Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores for, Pimentel (Costa), Carvalho, Teixeira, Rocha -----Original Message----- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of lezli Sent: Monday, October 12, 2009 4:46 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] New in Reserching the Azores 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
