Thanks for the reply and suggestions. I have some info on my Grandmother Virginia and where and when she was born in Sao Miguel. and some original U.S. records such as my Grandmother's alien card and social security card. I know my Grandmother's parents name Jose d' Araujo Pereira and her mother's Pulcina ( Polucina) dos Anjos Pereira and have a portrait of them. I have the original marriage certificate of my Grandparents which my father had in his possession.
I have very little info on is my Grandfather. All I have on him is his parents name. I do have death info on him from state of R.I. and some early census info on where he and my Grandmother lived in R.I. and what type of work he did in R.I. The book at Holy Rosary is probably where I would start with making the connection back to Azores for him and if he had any other family in the U.S.The original marriage certificate just says he is from Sao Miguel. The early U.S. Census just says he is from Portugal and the later one he is from the Azores not the specific area. I know the exact day he died in R.I. I also have my Grandmother's holy card of his death date. George Sent from my iPad On Jul 8, 2016, at 9:15 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > The groom is Francisco Moniz de Resendes, so not even close. > > A "how to" is here on the Azores GenWeb: http://goo.gl/6PMwRD > > You'll need to get death certificates and obituaries, do census research, > naturalization & alien registration. It's all outlined in the URL above. > Guessing at a freguesia on Sao Miguel won't work. You need a name, date, and > place. You only have the name. So there's a lot more U.S. work to be done. > And I'd do this on Virginia too, because she may have the clue to her > husband. And get the actual marriage from the book at Holy Rosary. Not the > half sheet of paper that says He married Her by Me the Priest. The book has > more information. > > Do that on both your immigrant ancestors and get to work on Virginia. You > have her freguesia on Sao Miguel (Candelaria). All you need is an approximate > birth and you'll be able to find her baptism quite easily. You'll be learning > how to read (or bumble your way through) the church records. > > After you exhaust your paper trail, you can also turn to DNA. However, Sao > Miguel is the largest island. We are starting to see *SOME* clustering, but > it's not always clear cut. You may have to test multiple people to get a > clearer picture on which freguesia your Jose was from. And you're going to > have to think about who would be the best candidate to solve your > genealogical problem. As I said though, you need to exhaust your paper trail > first. > > > 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. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- 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. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
