Cheri turns out I had the wrong record, there was a record for Rockland street which is the address for the house my grt grt grandpa built, i'm in touch with the new Bedford clerk, she is working up what the fee will be and is willing to go Look in the basement. I also just mailed my request to st John the baptist church after talking to Marge that works there, yes the church is closing but know timeframe yet...Mike On May 9, 2012 11:10 AM, "Cheri Mello" <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote:
> Mike, > > "Madeiros" sounds like it should be a corruption of the surname > "Medeiros." Madeira is a different archipelago. It's not part of the > Azores. Maybe someone else has another idea for that place name. > > You'll need a different record. Try for the marriage at St. John the > Baptist as we discussed before or you can try the city records as Elaine > suggested in a previous post. > > An immigrant of that time period is more likely to give his freguesia to > another Portuguese entity. What I mean by that, is he more likely to be > more general with the U.S. government (WWI Draft, censuses) than he is > where they are speaking Portuguese and have some knowledge of the Azores > (like the first Portuguese church in America - St. John the Baptist) or if > he belonged to a Portuguese Society or if his family stated it in his U.S. > obituary. > > Example: When I'm traveling, people ask where I'm from. I say Los > Angeles. I don't live in Los Angeles itself. I do live in Los Angeles > County. But if I'm out of state, I say Los Angeles because most people > know where that is. Now, when I'm with the Portuguese band, I say I'm from > Artesia (it's part of Los Angeles county too). I don't live there either, > but when I'm with them, just say that. > > So think about the circumstances your immigrant ancestor was in. It helps > explain some of their vague answers. > > 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."
