Maria, Thanks for posting the success. It gives me hope in contacting with my family someday.
Robin L Ancestors with the Silva last name from Sao Jorge, Brazil, Calif and Ma. On Dec 5, 2011, at 14:52, Maria Sousa <lelaalvesso...@gmail.com> wrote: > Love it! > > I, too, have had wonderful success. Our Sao Miguel family emigrated to > Brazil in the early 1900s. Half of the siblings returned to Sao Miguel and > half stayed in Brazil. Through posts and the mention of names and google > searches, I received an email (6 years after the post) from someone in Brazil > claiming to be a cousin. He told me we share the same great-grandparents. > He also asked if I had the copies of birth certificates of his > great-grandparents, he would like to see them. Still a bit skeptical, I sent > them on, after all, what harm could it do, they have been gone for over 50 > years. > > He returned my email with a thank you and a photograph of my > great-grandmother. Still, I kept thinking "how do I know this is who he > says it is", so I forwarded the picture to our only living grand-daughter, > who confirmed that it was her grandmother! > > The cousin in Brazil and I have set up a family tree (through MyHeritage.com) > and it has been wonderful. We have most of the branches from our > great-grandparents put together. Everyone keeps in touch and shares old and > recent pictures. We had two weddings this year, one in Sao Miguel and one in > California. The mothers of the brides are first cousins and had no contact > with each other previously. > > It is amazing to look at our family tree as the branches have reached Rio de > Janeiro in Brazil, California, New Jersey, Toronto, Canada, mainland of > Portugal, and still a branch in Sao Miguel. > > Facebook has also made it very easy to keep in touch. > > This has been very rewarding and I have received many thank yous from family > members. > > Bottom line, never give up hope. Someone out there is also searching for > your family and they will find you. It is only a matter of time. > > I, too, have to thank the "Azores Group" for all the help and pointers I was > given. You are truly an amazing group of people! > > Maria Sousa > > > On Mon, Dec 5, 2011 at 12:39 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > Repost for Lorraine Price: designtherapy at cox dot net > > ANOTHER SUCCESS STORY! > I AM VERY HAPPY TO REPORT THAT I HAVE FOUND MY FATHER'S FIRST FAMILY, > and in less than a month! After having found some very important > documents on Ancestry.com, my real success was through THIS Azores > Genealogy group. E Sharp in California "adopted" me immediately (See > her entries below.) and provided me with all sorts of leads. > > One of these leads was an obit that led me to a woman who turned out > to be the widow of my cousin. This widow then got me to my deceased > cousin's other cousin who turned out to be my half-sister, the only > remaining child from my father's first family. She is still alive and > at 92 is living in MA. Her daughter, my half-niece, contacted me and > we have already established a close bond. After the family circulated > the info among the whole family, I heard from 2 more half-nieces. > Everyone I've heard from has been very gracious, warm and receptive to > the surprise info that I've provided them. (To this point, everyone > thought that my father, their grandfather, had died long ago. They > didn't know about me and his second family.) We have exchanged family > pictures, have seen family resemblances, and have made tentative plans > to visit here in VA and in MA. Everyone wants to keep the new bigger > family connected. > > I continue to be absolutely amazed at how this has worked for me - > first finding out that my father had another family decades before I > was born and then finding the family. I can't say enough good things > about how this Azores genealogy site works! I thank all of you who > have responded with good information. And I can't thank E Sharp > enough for her help with this search. I could never have accomplished > this without her! > > Good luck to all of you in your searches. If there's any way I can > help you, I'd be happy to try. As for me, I'm off to the Azores next > summer to visit a cousin who still lives there! > > Thankfully, and still in shock, > Lorraine > > > -- > 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. 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. 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