David,
Here is the link to the Solano Caounty Gene Society. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cascgsi/ There is a Naturalization index there with a Franck Vieira *Vieira* *Frank* *Portugal* *OACC A pg 496* *Vieira* *Frank* *F* *Portugal* *DAC 2 pg 60* *OACC A* *Orders admitting Citizenship County, followed by page number.* *DAC* *Decrees admitting Citizenship, followed by a book number, page number.* *For further information contact the **Solano Archives*<http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cascgsi/archiveintro.htm> *. Additional information available. Records can be ordered through the Research <http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~cascgsi/archiveintro.htm> page. * ** Eric On Fri, Jan 29, 2010 at 10:39 AM, Kawika322 <oldschoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > Eric, > > I went to the Alameda County Recorder's office and was able to get > death records for several of the children of Frank and Mary Vieira. > They confirmed that Mary's maiden name was Faustina (Foster). Also, I > looked through the marriage index microfilm and found another marriage > record I was looking for, which was good. As for the marriage record > between Frank Vieira and Mary Faustina, I am not sure where to go from > here. I did find their son Frank Jr's WWII registration which stated > he was born in Fairfield on Feb 22 1885. That means it is possible > Frank and Mary were married somewhere in Solano County. So I suppose > that would be the best angle to pursue at the moment. Any other > suggestions would be helpful. > > Also, do you know if it is possible to write to the records office on > Terceira and request the passport records from Angra do Heroismo for > certain individuals such as Mary Faustina and her brother Jose > Faustino (Joseph Foster) ? > > Thanks, > David > > On Jan 27, 9:55 am, eric edgar <noblankt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > David, > > > > When you go in, the information desk is the first stop, They willl > > give you a form for the record desired and a number to wait for a > > clerk, Since you already have the marriage date, put that information > > on the order sheet. You'll need a order sheet for each record you > > want. > > > > You can ask the clerk for the microfilm of the records to > > research,they hold your drivers licence, then you take it to another > > room to use the viewer. > > > > Happy hunting. > > > > If you are already in that neighborhood, the Oakland Library on 12th > > st has a Newspaper room on the top floor with all of the Oakland > > newspapers on microfilm. I've found that the Portuguese families were > > more likely to put the Obit in the Post Esquire than the Tribune from > > the 20s to the 50s > > > > Eric > > > > > > > > On Wed, Jan 27, 2010 at 8:59 AM, Kawika322 <oldschoo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Eric, > > > > > I am going to the Alameda County Recorder's office today to order some > > > death records of the children of Frank and Mary Vieira-maybe those > > > records will yield some additional info, and while I was there am also > > > going to order the marriage record of Jose Faustino and Luzia Souza > > > from 25 Dec 1887. Where do you go to search the indexes for marriage > > > records while at the recorder's office? I wanted to look up another > > > marriage record while there. > > > > > David > > > > > On Jan 26, 4:54 pm, eric edgar <noblankt...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> David, > > > > >> I didn't find any marriage listing for Frank Vieira and Mary Faustina > > >> from 1866-1906 of any spelling. Matbe they were married when they > > >> arrived. > > > > >> Eric > > > > >> On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 4:42 PM, eric edgar <noblankt...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > >> > David, > > > > >> > While at the Alameda county Recorders office today, I found the > > >> > marriage listing for Jose and Luzia. This info can be used to order > a > > >> > marriage certificate online. I don't know what > > > > >> > information it would contain. I've gotten birth certificate from > this > > >> > time period before that were very difficult to read due to the > method > > >> > of photocopying from microfilm onto a an engraved > > > > >> > document paper. I've asked for them to copy to white paper , but > they wouldn't > > > > >> > The listing was: > > > > >> > Souza, Luzia J and Jose Faustino 25 Dec 1887 in the City of > > >> > Oakland Official-M.J. Whyte Book -L page - 203 > > > > >> > Order form this link > > > > >> >http://www.acgov.org/auditor/clerk/marriage1.htm > > > > >> > Eric > > > > >> > On Tue, Jan 26, 2010 at 2:40 PM, Kawika322 <oldschoo...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > >> >> I am going to try and find the marriage record between Frank Vierra > > >> >> and Mary. I believe it is from around 1884 based on when their > first > > >> >> child was born and the census info from 1900. Based on where they > > >> >> lived, there is a reasonably good chance that they were married at > > >> >> Saint Patrick's Catholic Church in Oakland, California. Hopefully > they > > >> >> will let me take a look at the record like they did when I found > the > > >> >> record for Jose Faustino (Joseph Foster) and Luzia de Souza. Then I > > >> >> could more accurately find out the parents of Frank and Mary. > > > > >> >> David > > > > >> >> On Jan 26, 12:55 pm, David Buckley <oldschoo...@gmail.com> wrote: > > >> >>> Eric, > > > > >> >>> Here is the obit and death record for Mary Vierra (Vieira). Thanks > for > > >> >>> finding the obit record for Frank Vieira. My ancestry wasn't > working > > >> >>> properly for some reason and I couldn't look it up. > > > > >> >>> David > > > > >> >>> Obit rec-Mary Vieira 25 May 1958, Oak Trib.jpg > > >> >>> 121KViewDownload > > > > >> >>> Death Rec-Mary Vieira-25 May 1958-Oak, CA.jpg > > >> >>> 1252KViewDownload > > > > >> >> -- > > >> >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<azores%2bunsubscr...@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 > athttp://groups.google.com/group/Azores. 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