Wow, how cool is that? I guess I came to the right place to post, then! Looking forward to what you might find and who else might have come over with them, since I suspect there are probably siblings that I don't know about that would be great to fill in on the tree. There was a Manuel Mello that my father seemed to be good friends with (both in the National Guard in the 30's and also during WWII, so it would be fun to know whether they were cousins as well. I'll look forward to seeing what you find out.
Thanks so much! Elaine On Tuesday, August 23, 2016 at 5:44:58 PM UTC-4, Elaine Mello wrote: > > Hi everyone, > > I've begun searching for my father's side of the family with little > to no information, other than what I found by going to the New Bedford, MA > city hall to look up information about my grandparents. I did find > information on their death certificates, which helped a little, but my > searching for additional information brings up a lot of conflicting > information on Ancestry (such as naturalization papers listing one date for > arrival, but searching for the boat lists a completely different date that > does not have any recognizable names on the passenger list.) > > What I did find out is that my father was a 3rd generation of the same > name (Antonio/Antone Mello, possibly DeMello) and that both grandparents > came from Rebeira Quente, St. Michael, Azores around 1901 for my > grandfather and about 1905 - 1907 for my grandmother (Maria Lima, born 1890 > or 1891). > > Any tips or suggestions on where to look further would be appreciated! > > Thanks, > > Elaine > -- 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.
