My four grandparents were all from Sao Miquel, and while I have been able to find some information about the ones on my mom's side, I have had less success on the other side which ironically has more living relatives in it. Anyway, here goes,
My mother was names Alzira Margarida Machado and her parents were from Lagoa. She still has relatives there and I met her first cousin five years ago who still lives in the house my grandfather Jao Faria Machado grew up in on Rua das Furnas. My grandmother grew up in the same neighborhood and her name was Maria DaCarmo Andrade/Andre. She had a sister named Maria Augusta who married Jose Faria (grandfather's first cousin) They all came to the US in the 1920's and from what I can deduce through the port of Boston. My father's family is more complex-there were 9 adult children and only some lived nearby-there is still one left who is soon to be 91. The marriage record shows them as marrying in Fall River, so we don't know if they met here or already knew each other, but we suspect it was here. His name was Manuel deSouza aka Manuel Sousa Miquelina and the marriage certificate lists his birth place as San Vincente in Sao Miquel, She is listed as Maria Izabel Rocha aka Isabel Rocha and a birthplace of Santo Antonio in Sao Miquel. Does anyone have a connection or information that might be helpful with any of them or how to find info. I did learn on my trip, that Lagoa has its own dept of records, but the other two would probably be available in Ponta Delgada, but when I tried to get info there, it was impossible to get anywhere in the only 3 days we were in town. Suggestions?? -- 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."
