Eric G, The FHCs used to have a feature within their center where you could see which FHC had which film. But I think they nixed that about 10 years ago. If there was a replacement, no one at my FHC told me (at that time. I haven't asked since).
I thought only North Dartmouth, Massachusetts had all 9 of the Azores islands. I thought Oakland, California had A LOT though. Maybe they have a complete set too and I didn't know about that. I know N. Dartmouth has the complete set. Their FHC got a large donation and George Pacheco told me that the money went to buy all the films for all of the Azores. If you can afford it, get both the grandmother and her brother's DNA. Their Family Finder results will be slightly different. And if you are on a budget, do something like Grandma with Family Finder and the brother with Y-DNA 12. You won't get anything out of a Y-DNA 12 test except anthropology type stuff. But the DNA is stored for at least 25 years, so you can upgrade the brother as the budget allows. It is my understanding that the Hawaiians recruited heavily from both the Azores and Madeira. The ship to Hawaii left from Funchal, Madeira and Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel. That's why there's more S.Miguel people to Hawaii than the other 8 Azores islands. As for how much from Madeira versus the Azores, I don't know. Hope someone else does. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
