Deanna, This sound like him on this California eath record BETTENCOURT THOMAS SILVIERA 1867 12 22 BETTENCOURT MALE RE SACRAMENTO 1954 11 14 86 0
Eric Edgar On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 5:11 PM, Deanna Enos <dee59...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Cheri, for all the information. I have to go cook dinner now so > will get back to this. What a journey! I don't know if I am ready for > this. My mother has told me many stories about the family and I want to get > those down, before I forget them. This country to me is the United States. > Ryde, California is where Thomas Bettencourt settled when he came from the > Azores. Thanks again. > > > On Sun, Dec 26, 2010 at 4:15 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Deanna, >> >> Yes, start with the generations closest to you and work back. Get your >> grandfather's vitals first. He may be listed as Tomas Bettencourt. When do >> you think he was born? Early 1800s, around the 1820s or 1830s? Where did >> he die and when? >> >> I don't know which country you are referring to when you say "this >> country" since there are list members all over the world. Hard to shift >> your thinking when you are sitting in front of your computer and know where >> you are, but we don't! >> >> There's a how to research on the Azores Genweb, but it's written from an >> American point of view, although some it does apply to Canada. It doesn't >> have much on the mid-1800s migration period either, but perhaps it will give >> you a couple of ideas: >> http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/HowTo.html >> >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >> Tainhas, Achada >> >> -- >> 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 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<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 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."
