It wasn't the prodding, Rosemarie; It was the positive mind-set. Remember, I kept telling you to say and think, "I have found Maria." Everytime you said anything negative, I said, "You found it." Not, "You are finding it, or "you will find it." I tried to keep you in a positive frame of mind. Some may think this is crazy; however, I have had too many experiences where I feel I will never reach the conclusion I seek. A positive affirmation (in the present tense) has worked for me every time. It was great to see Rosemarie's face light up and have her (almost) do the victory dance. Celeste
Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com --- On Tue, 12/20/11, rcap...@redshift.com <rcap...@redshift.com> wrote: From: rcap...@redshift.com <rcap...@redshift.com> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] A Great Find!! To: Azores@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, December 20, 2011, 9:50 AM Dear Listers, Just to let you know that you have to keep searching everywhere all the time! Yesterday Celeste Perry and I traveled to the Roman Catholic Archives in Menlo Park, CA to look at marriage records. I have been searching for my grandmother's sister Maria Vieira da Silva for years. I have her passport, her ship list (arrived June 1912) and I knew that she was married and gone from California before my grandmom arrived sometime in 1914. I also wanted to find the marriaage of their sister Adriana who married Joseph Davis nee Teves. Adriana & Joseph's granddaughters are also tracing Joseph's family but don't know much. So, Celeste and I decided that Christmas or no we were finally making it to the Archives this year!! I not only found Adriana's marriage to Joseph Teves, Jun 1913 but also Maria's!! All of my Aunties said she married a Machado (they were SURE of that) and his name was either Frank or Joao! The marriage record Aug of 1914 in St. Joseph's Portuguese Church in Oakland, says his name (in latin of course!) is Joammomi which I hope is Joao/John)Machado Avila! It also says he is from the Norte Grande Sao George which records their records in the same church as my Maria, TO Maria Vieira Silva. It gives the parent's names so I know it's my Maria. Marie moved "back east" right after her marriage, had 3 children and died of a brain tumor sometime in the 1920's. Our family has completely lost touch with her family. Does this story sound familier to anyone?? Anyway, I just wanted to let everyone know that I received my early Christmas present and to give you all hope in your searching! Many thanks to Celeste for all of her help (and wonderful cookies!) she just kept proding me to go and search. Merry Christmas to you all, Rosemarie -- 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."