Oh Kathy, this is so great! Such a needed resource for our CA relatives! Thanks again so much from us all to you and Susan!
Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sat, Sep 2, 2017 at 12:35 PM, Kathy Cardoza <kmacard...@me.com> wrote: > On my recent trip to Salt Lake City’s Family History Library for the > Azores Genealogy Conference, I completed digitizing the remainder of the > UPEC Membership Records. The collection is now complete on the Azores > GenWeb site. > > If you’re not familiar with these records ….. they are for California > ancestors only. The UPEC is a fraternal society that many of our ancestors > joined for the insurance benefits as well as the socializing with others > from their country of origin. They list men only but mothers, wives, > children, etc. may be listed as their beneficiary. They can be an important > resource for finding out the details of where your ancestor came from. Go > here to find out more (you may want to copy and paste the links): > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/research-aids-a--- > l/fraternal-societies/ > > The records are listed here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry. > com/~azrwgw/research-aids-a---l/fraternal-societies/upec-records.html > > New records recently added: > > San Leandro #55, E. Oakland, Madera, Sonora, Valona, Newcastle, Folsom. > Roseville, Guadalupe, Santa Maria, Crockett, Gilroy, Chico, Palo Alto, Mt. > View, Santa Maria, Newman, Point Loma, San Juan Baptista, Vacaville, > Vallejo, Los Banos, Turlock, Lincoln, Castroville, Atwater, Fort Bragg, > Felton, Oakland #82, Oakley, S. San Francisco, Greenview and Etna, Rodeo, > Elmhurst, E. San Jose, San Luis Obispo, Martinez, and Napa. > > Enjoy! > Good luck and happy hunting! > Kathy > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: > http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ > > > > -- > 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.
