Great news Sarah! I have used a terrific guide on Sao Miguel on three trips... Gary Travassos... With limited time he can get you where you need to go. http://www.azoreantours.com
Have a wonderful time! Susan Sent from my iPhone > On May 6, 2017, at 3:36 PM, Sarah Avellar <skavel...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Thanks! Found the book by Francisco Gomes with Flores and Corvo church > records and trying to learn to read Portuguese. We have 3 days on Flores, > hope we get to Corvo, and 1 on Sao Miguel. > >> On Thursday, April 20, 2017 at 1:09:40 AM UTC-4, Susan Vargas Murphy wrote: >> Hi Sarah, >> >> We went to Flores in 2014 and used Silvio Medina for a full day tour on >> Flores. There were 8 of us, including 4 teens/children. He was very good >> and I would recommend doing something like this. He knows everything about >> the island and speaks English very well. >> >> His company is Tours of Flores and there are reviews on Trip advisor but I >> just looked and some people mention a Marco. Maybe he has involved someone >> else in his business. >> >> Sadly we could not go to Corvo as the weather was not good and the boats >> were not running on the day we had saved for this. >> >> Flores is beautiful and not as touched with the modern world as some of the >> other islands..... Very quiet there. I hope you consider spending a little >> time on one of the other islands. Sao Miguel is quite spectacular. >> >> Here is the Flores guide: >> >> https://toursofflores.com/contact/ >> >> You are in for a treat! >> >> Susan Vargas Murphy >> >> Sent from my iPhone >> >>> On Apr 19, 2017, at 7:40 PM, Sarah Avellar <skav...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>> Researching husband's ancestors on Corvo with surnames: de Avelar >>> (Avellar), Vallentine. Both families came to CA in 1880 - 1901. Also >>> planning a trip to Flores and Corvo soon. Any suggestions? >>> I don't read Portuguese and I find the hand-written parish records too >>> difficult to decipher. I do have a Portuguese dictionary. Are there other >>> sources of birth, death, marriage information? Any English translations? >>> Thanks! >>> -- >>> 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+un...@googlegroups.com. >>> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
