Kevin, If you want to try the needle-in-the-haystack approach, start looking through the baptisms here: https://tombo.pt/d/acores
Otherwise, you need to do more work in the U.S. Here are a whole bunch of places to look: http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/research-aids-a---l/finding-your-portuguese/ Good luck and happy hunting! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Jul 7, 2019 at 9:43 PM Kevin Fontes <kevin.fontes.2...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi, > > I'm researching my Great Grandfather and cannot figure out his parents > names, mainly trying to trace my last name as far back as I can and I'm > stuck, any help would be appreciated. > > Anselmo De Souza Fontes > B.1864 – D.1924 > BIRTH 5 MAR 1864 • Calheta, Azores, Portugal (Not 100% sure on his place > of birth) > DEATH 30 APR 1924 • Oakland, Alameda Co, California > > Spouse: Caroline (Carrie) Avelar B.1874 - D.1926 Married in California > 8/22/1890 > Children: Laurence, Margaret, Fredrick, Marie, Anselmo Jr, Caroline, > Clement (All children born in the USA) > > -- > 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. > To view this discussion on the web visit > https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/95ea36c6-1197-4dcf-ba53-94db6f8168bc%40googlegroups.com > <https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/95ea36c6-1197-4dcf-ba53-94db6f8168bc%40googlegroups.com?utm_medium=email&utm_source=footer> > . > -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_EA6dwX8aUPYbC9rKtAMCWSGJ%3DGvexbgCPOk%2BwNBC%3DAHQ%40mail.gmail.com.
