Dear Tish, Thanks so much for the offer but I work and it was hard for me to get up there this time! I wrote down the info and my pics can probably be adjusted, just that they aren't very good! I appreciate the offer and good luck with your search.
Rosemarie > Rosemarie and Susan, > Thank you for the updated information. > Rosemarie, after the holidays maybe I can meet you at the Archives. My > husband and I have photographed > all of the Santa Maria, Santa Barbara parish, baptism, marriage and obits > from the Family Center. We > are pretty proficient and have the equipment to do a pretty good job. We > would be happy to photograph your > stuff while looking for our info. > Thanks so much, > Tish > > > On Wed, Dec 21, 2011 at 9:11 AM, <rcap...@redshift.com> wrote: > >> > >> >> Dear Prima Susan, >> >> Thanks so much for getting the info straight for Tish! I should have >> thought of you and asked for clarification before I gave the info to >> Trish. Mr. Burns at the Archives was very helpful, he asks what records >> you want and goes and gets them. I didn't have very good luck with my >> digital but if I could have figured out how to turn off the flash, I >> might >> have done better!! LOL I'm so techno challenged that I had to have Mr. >> Burns figure out how to turn on my husbands cell phone for me! Really >> clueless >> >> Tish, take Susan's advise and make the trip. I only looked for the >> marriages but the baptisms were on the same film. I may eventually go >> back >> and get the info on the kids although I have most of it from their other >> siblings. >> >> Good Luck! >> >> Rosemarie >> >> Hi Tish, >> > >> > I have gone to the Menlo Park Archives a coupe of times and I have >> > only looked at the Mission San Jose (St Joseph's) records. They ARE >> > there and you will have no luck (probably) if you try to deal with the >> > parish directly. They are not very cooperative and what really >> > surprises me is that they don't seem to tell people that the records >> > can be accessed in Menlo Park. >> > I was able to take pictures with my digital camera of the reader and >> > mine did come out pretty well. I know Kathy Cardoza has also done this >> > with success. You will have to do the looking yourself, at least we >> > did. I am not aware of any of their records on familysearch.org but I >> > could be wrong on that. A lot of people mix up the Mission San Jose >> > records thinking that they are in the city of San Jose, CA but the >> > Mission of "Mission San Jose" is located in the Mission San Jose area >> > of what is now the city of Fremont.......so all of that area is in the >> > Menlo Park Archives. >> > >> > PRIMA ROESMARIE......CONGRATULATIONS....a wonderful Christmas >> > present!! >> > I hope I am not double posting here.....I still get so confused with >> > Google Groups:) >> > >> > On Dec 20, 10:06 am, Tish M <tish.me...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >> Hi Rosemarie, >> >> >> >> I have been interested in going to the Roman Catholic Archives in >> Menlo >> >> Park, too. How much info did you have to give them to get your >> records? >> >> I >> >> know my great grandparents were in California in the 1880's and I >> >> believe >> >> they had three children while there, at least one of them in Mission >> San >> >> Jose. I know the exact date of birth on one of the children from a US >> >> passport I found. It would be nice to find baptisms on him and the >> other >> >> two siblings. >> >> >> >> I'm very happy for you find, >> >> >> >> Tish >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> On Tue, Dec 20, 2011 at 9:50 AM, <rcap...@redshift.com> wrote: >> >> > 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. 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