Hi,
I first ‘met’ Joao abt 2002 via the Rootsweb list, when I began researching my grandmother’s family. He’s outstanding. Cheers, Marsha Stringer strin...@mstringer.net ------------------------------ *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Al Viera *Sent:* Sunday, September 11, 2016 7:35 PM *To:* Azores Genealogy *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Attending the Azores Conference and Joao Ventura Hello: I have been an member of this group for sometime but have never taken the opportunity to post. I finally have a good reason. I was one of the fortunate few who was able to attend the Azores Genealogy Conference this past week. This was my third time attending as I live in Utah. I want to thank Cheri and Rosemarie for the outstanding job they always do with the entire conference. Everything is arranged so well and the sessions are so good. I invited my cousin to attend for the first time and she got a lot out of it. It was wonderful to meet almost 40 of you who attended. It was a great experience over all. One tidbit that really helped me was Cheri's and Rosemarie's suggestion that for $20 we could get Joao Ventura (the genealogist not the gearhead) to find a document. I don't know why I hadn't used his research services in the past! I had one great-grandfather that I had not been able to make the leap to the Azores (I'm full blooded Azorean). Within a half hour of emailing Joao, he responded that he had found the family and was prepared to provide the documents from whomever I wanted. So I requested 4 documents ($80) and he sent them early in the morning US time the very next day. I was overwhelmed with joy! I had looked for these people for years and years. I had 17 US sources for them but none listed the Azores' city. Joao was able to search his database and found them in Sao Miguel. I didn't know his database extended to that island. He provides not only the documents but a transcription in Portuguese as well as a summary in English. It was so amazing! I just can't say enough about Joao and his work, especially the speed at which he is able to work because of so many years of entering data. I highly recommend him and am grateful to Cheri and Rosemarie for doing so. I can read the Portuguese records pretty well and would be glad to help out with some basic translation, though I'm sure that there are others here who can do better. Thanks for providing this great resource. -- 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.
