Celeste, If you are planning on attending, take notes please!
Rosemarie ----- Original Message ----- From: celeste perry To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, August 06, 2010 9:50 AM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Book signing I was told that the Freitas Library was also having all lof the Portuguese newspapers they had in their library were going to be digitilized so they would be searchable like the Newbedford, MA newspaper is now. I believe this is another projecdt of the MA University, Dartmouth. I do not know when this will be done or finished. The UPEC building is located midway between Hwy. 580 and Hwy. 880. Both are the major freeways between San Francisco and San Jose. Once you reach San Leandro; If you are on the 880, Use the Davis St. exit and head for the hills until you reach E.14th St. If you are on the 580, take the Estudillo exit and head away from the hills until you reach E.14th St. Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com --- On Thu, 8/5/10, Katharine <katharine.f.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: From: Katharine <katharine.f.ba...@gmail.com> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Book signing To: "Azores Genealogy" <azores@googlegroups.com> Date: Thursday, August 5, 2010, 9:05 PM Another great reason for members of this group to attend is that if you've never been to the J.A. Freitas Library before, you'll be impressed at what a comprehensive reference resource it is, and it might be of help in your research! Their web homepage is: http://www.mypfsa.org/library I can't seem to find an online listing of their holdings, but it's late here so my Googling skills are feeling a bit fuzzy :-) If someone else can locate it online, would you please post it to the group? Thanks. Hope some of you are able to attend the event and meet everyone there! Katharine P.S. It's not that far from major freeways, as I recall. On Aug 5, 5:11 pm, Katharine <katharine.f.ba...@gmail.com> wrote: > Don Warrin's a great guy, and I'm sure his book is really interesting, > so it should be a delightful evening. My own presentations (blush) of > two books I co-translated -- held last September at several locations > around California, including the J.A. Freitas Library -- was a great > experience. Tim, Isolete and the rest of the folks at the then-UPEC > extended gracious hospitality to all of us involved with the books, > plus there was a fabulous buffet during the book signing! If you go, > be sure to say "Hi" for me. Katharine. > > On Aug 5, 4:18 pm, celeste perry <ccgran...@yahoo.com> wrote: > > > > > I stopped by the Portuguese Fraternal Society of America office today and found a flyer for the book launching of: So Ends Ths Day: The Portuguese in American Whaling, 1765-1927 by Donald Warrin on August 17, 2010 at 7pm at the J.A. Freitas Library, 1120 East 14th St., San Leandro, CA 94577. > > The description read: In the first half of the ninetenth century whaling was one of the young American nation's most important industries, providing lubricants and illumination as well as baleen, the plastic of its day. So Ends this Day traces the history of the American Whaling industry from its seventeen-century beginning, while highlighting the role of its Portuguese participants. > > The event is sponsored by the Portuguese Studies & Culture, University of Massachusetts Dartmouth. > > If you live in the San Francisco Bay Area, you might like to attend. > > Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com- Hide quoted text - > > - Show quoted text - -- 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." -- 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." -- 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."