Your welcome Eric.

On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 10:40 PM, Eric Gomes <gomes.ances...@gmail.com>wrote:

> Hi Group,
>
> I called the Oakland FHC this afternoon before they closed.  A friend
> answered the phone and he told me how to look at their holdings.  From the
> FamilySearch.org Website, you select Search and then Catalog on the next
> line.  A search box opens and you can search by film.  Below the window
> where you enter the film number you can choose to limit your search to a
> specific Family History Center.  The long and the short of it... they have
> the film I am looking for.  I have to try and get there next week as they
> are closed between Christmas and New Years.  It should not be too difficult
> since I work in Oakland about 8 miles from the library.
>
> Thanks for the other info as well.
>
> Eric Gomes
> Castro Valley, CA
>
> p.s. I still need to work on learning Portuguese.  =)
>
>
> On Sat, Dec 14, 2013 at 1:05 PM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote:
>
>> I can confirm there was heavy emigration from Madeira to Hawaii. Maybe
>> even equal to that of Sao Miguel.
>>
>> Doug da Rocha Holmes
>> Sacramento, California
>> Pico & Terceira Genealogist
>> 916-550-1618
>> www.dholmes.com
>>
>>
>>  -------- Original Message --------
>>
>> 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
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