Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

[Donna Olovson]

Tish,
The city of Sacramento has a Center for Sacramento History located  
just off Richards Blvd. The web site is:

http://www.cityofsacramento.org/ccl/history/resources/default.asp
You may be able to ask the Librarian if they have the railroad  
records. TEL (916) 808-7072

Under RESOURCES there is a collection of over 400 railroad photos.
Conducting research is by appointment and the dates available are on  
this web page.

   Happy hunting, DonnaO


On Apr 2, 2011, at 11:14 AM, Julie Marsh wrote:

Also if you can not find the information at the museum you might  
want to go to the main liberary downtown. They have lots of  
information for history and genealogy research in the California  
Room. The state Liberary is on L I believe and they also have most  
records for the state availible for research. You will want to check  
online first before going to check on there hours to see when they  
are open. Cut backs have affected that alot.


Julzz

From: "tish.me...@gmail.com" 
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sat, April 2, 2011 9:09:54 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

Eric,

When you go to the train museum, if you have time, could you find  
out if there are records of weekly pay statements for 1858-1900 for  
the men who built the railroad. I think I am interested in the  
railroad that was near Mission San Jose, Niles area.


Thanks in advance,
Tish

On Apr 2, 2011 6:34am, netadosaco...@aol.com wrote:
>
>
>
>
>
> Eric,
>
>
>
> Congratulations!  Know the feeling on breaking through.  Wish I
> could be there to share your serendipity... but I shall have to  
settle for

> a glass here in Utah.
>
>
>
>
>
> Ally
>
> Vieira Anselmo in Ribeira Seca, Sao Miguel
> Pinheiro, Nunes, Silveira in Praia do Almoxarife and Pedro
> Miguel, Faial
> Silveira, Rodrigues in Sao Jorge
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
>
> In a message dated 4/1/2011 10:35:51 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,
> gomes.ances...@gmail.com writes:
>
> I did itI broke down my first serious brickwall
> today...
>
>
>
> I have been trying to find where my great-great grandfather, Manuel
> Rodrigues is buried.  He immigrated to Hawaii in the 1880's from the
> Azores and then the family immigrated from Hawaii in 1906...
>
>
>
>
>
> So... according to family lore, he was killed by a train in  
Oakland when

> my grandmother was a child.  She has no memory of him or her other
> grandfather, Manuel Cabral, who was also killed by a train in  
Oakland in 1925

> when she was 3 days old.
>
>
>
>
> Well, I finally found him... I have searched the internet, been to  
the

> Oakland Family History Center on several occasions, used City
> Directories, pulled the California Death Index from the Oakland  
Public
> Library, looked through numerous micro film rolls of the Oakland  
Tribune and
> the Hayward Daily Review at the Oakland Public Library and  
California State

> University HAYWARD (I refuse to call it East Bay)  to no avail...
>  well, it turns out, the CA death index had him listed as Manuel
> RodrigueZ
>
>
>
>
> I was at Cal State Hayward today and was looking for Manuel  
Rodriguez in

>  the June 10, 1927 Oakland Tribune... I first found an article of an
> unidentified elderly man that was struck by a Southern Pacific  
Electric
> Train... the type that used to travel across the Oakland Bay  
Bridge on the
> first level... that was my first clue... In the June 12, 1927  
obituaries, I
> found him listed.  I know it is him because the address matched  
and the
> middle initial matched... he is the only Manuel A Rodrigues in  
several

> different sources.  Pay Dirt... =)  I will request the death
> certificate the next time I am in Oakland... and I plan on  
traveling to
> Sacramento on my next day off to see if there are any records at  
the Railroad

> Museum.  And now for the serendipity...
>
>
>
>
> --
> Eric Gomes
> Castro Valley, CA
>
>
>
>
> Surnames: Gomes, Smith, Townsend, Lopes, Cabral, Erwin, Kennedy,  
Rodman,

> Rodrigues, and many more.
>
>
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[AZORES-Genealogy] One Family Tree

[netadosAcores]

Group,
 
"One Family Tree" was on last Thursday night on the National Geography  
channel here in Utah.  
 
Their whole program was that no matter where your family has traveled  
across the world, your roots will always trace back to Africa.
 
They were having people of various nationalities swab the inside of their  
cheeks.  It was like watching someone brush the inside of their cheek with  
as much enthusiasm like you would be brushing your teeth.
 
I fell asleep but work up for the last two minutes of the recap of how we  
all can trace our roots back to Africa.
 
Sorry I wasn't able to watch the whole program.  However, much of the  
programs are repeated and I will look at the telecast for future and let you 
all 
 know when this program will be repeated.  I did try to bring this up on  
Google, and everything and anything related came up but not what I was hoping 
 for.  I will continue to  search.
 
Ally
 
 

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Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Shows (on American TV): Who Do You Think You...

[netadosAcores]

Yeh, I did that, there was a * at the telephone number so I knew to add the 
dashes, but  something else is wrong and that's what I can't figure out.
 
So if you win the grand prize, please adopt me into your family!
 
Ally
 
 
In a message dated 4/2/2011 11:06:46 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
edward.s.rodrig...@att.net writes:

Ally The  same thing happened to me until I realized that they want you to 
put a dash  line between numbers on phone number  000-000-  






On Apr 2, 2011, at 9:24 AM, _netadosAcores@aol.com_ 
(mailto:netadosaco...@aol.com)  wrote:



Cheri,
 
I have tried many times to enter this contest.  Each time I enter,  the 
"please complete" in red comes up just above my name.  Everything  else is 
fine.  But for some unknown reason to me my name is not  valid.  
 
Ally
 
 
In a message dated 3/31/2011 11:11:43 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, 
_gfscherim@gmail.com_ (mailto:gfsche...@gmail.com)  writes:

I  posted a couple of months ago about the new season of "Who Do You Think  
You Are?" on NBC in America (there's a British version too.  I'm not  sure 
about other countries).  Each episode takes a celebrity and has  that person 
research his/her family tree.

It's sponsored by _Ancestry.com_ (http://ancestry.com/) .  In celebration 
of the  2nd season, Ancestry also ran a sweepstakes where anyone can win a 
trip to  the country of their choice (up to $20,000 in travel money), up to 8 
hours  of consultation time with an expert genealogist (I wonder if Joao 
Ventura  wants to put up with 8 hours of me?), help from up to 5 experts in 
fields  relevant to your family history, and a yearlong _Ancestry.com_ 
(http://ancestry.com/)   World Deluxe membership for you and 5 family members.  
You 
can enter  daily up to April 8th  _http://goo.gl/Wqz2v_ 
(http://goo.gl/Wqz2v) 

I also became  aware of "The Generations Project."  It's on BYU TV.  
Although I  don't live in Utah or get cable or satellite from any BYU station, 
you 
can  register to see it live online or view it afterwards for free, without 
 needing to register.  From what I understand, it's similar to "Who Do  You 
Think You Are?" but they use just us regular genealogists (I'm  guessing 
that they are again starting in America).  They are  launching the second 
season and again, it was posted in Legacy Family  Tree's newsletter: 
_http://goo.gl/p5TMH_ (http://goo.gl/p5TMH) 

Cheri  Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca,  Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das 
Tainhas, Achada


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Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation Help

[Patricia Butcher]

Hi Cousin Jacki,
According to my Cedros, Faial file you do have 
the names correct & Antonio Francisco de 
Medeiros's birthdate is also correct. I do not 
have the actual record but the Faial researcher 
that did the village of Cedros, Faial also had a 
note posted regarding Jose Francisco "Alcaide" 
who was born in Vila da Madalena, Pico. The 
alcunha, "Alcaide" translates as mayor.

Here is the note in Portuguese:
NOTA: O sobrenome ou alcunha "Alcaide" surge no registo de nascimento
(baptismo) do neto Salvador, filho de pai incógnito e de sua filha Inácia
Luísa. Recebeu todos os "divinos sacramentos" e foi sepultado no "corpo da
igreja(sic)", junto à grade, em frente do Bom Jesus, na Igreja Paroquial de
Santa Barbara. O padre não diz se o finado teve ou não acompanhamento.
Faleceu com 65 anos de idade pouco mais ou menos, segundo diz o padre.


Here is the google translation: a bit wild but good :)
NOTE: The name or nickname "Mayor"
appears on the birth registration
(Baptism) Salvador's grandson, son of father
Incognito and his daughter Inacia
Louise. Received all the "divine
sacraments "and was buried in the" body of
church (sic) "next to the grid in front of
Bom Jesus, in the Parish Church
Santa Barbara. The priest does not say whether the deceased
or had not followed up.
He died at age 65, more or
less, he says the priest.

Antonio Francisco de Medeiros is my 2nd cousin, 4x's removed

Hope this helps a bit.

Pat

At 10:59 PM 3/30/2011, you wrote:
Can someone look at this and tell me if I have 
the right record?  It should be the baptismal 
record for Antonio Francisco de Medeiros born 10 
Aug 1829 and baptized on 13 Aug 1829. His 
parents were Jose Francisco de Medeiros and 
Marianna Benarda. His grandparents were Vincente 
Jose de Medeiros and Maria Silveira and Jose 
Francisco Alcaide and Catarina Inacia. He was 
born in Cedros on the island of Faial. I think I 
am reading the names and dates correctly but I am not very good at it yet.


Any and all translation will be greatly appreciated.

Thanks in advance
Jacki

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RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

[Besotes]

Eric,

 

How exciting for you!  This may be an excellent learning experience for us
all --- with regards to the CA Death Index or any index for that matter.

 

A month ago I was working on my Brother-in-Law's family tree in the
Stockton, CA area.  Their last name was Smith, so it was like finding a
needle in a haystack researching.  For the life of me I couldn't confirm his
Father's birth information (where he was born, etc.) only where he lived
later on in life and died.  When speaking, via phone, with the San Joaquin
county office they told me their records didn't show a birth on file for him
(that ended up be incorrect information).  My research showed the Mother's
Maiden name as Grooms, but the only name close on the C A Death Index was
Grosens.  When I tried finding a Grosens' family anywhere prior I came up
empty handed.  Various people on Ancestry volunteered to help and their
research came up with nothing as well.  From personal experience, One
researcher mentioned that maybe the CA Death Index had a typo or the name
completely incorrect.  Sure enough, that was the case.  My husband needed to
meet someone in Stockton the next week, so it was perfect timing for me.  I
went to the San Joaquin County Recorder's office hoping to obtain a birth
certificate.   A person with the same Father's name also appears in the
Fresno County records, but a different Mother's maiden name, so until I
could confirm the accurate Mother I didn't know which one of these men were
the correct one.  To make matters more difficult, their father's names were
both the same (though not related as far as I've found).  When I arrived at
the recorder's office they require you provide the Mother's maiden name -
even for a birth in 1917.  I explained my situation and gave the two
Mother's names I had:  one was, Grosens, which is listed on the CA Death
Index and the other was my "guess" name of Grooms.  Bingo, the clerk found
it, Grooms!  I remember how happy I was to have this solved after working
weeks on it, so I can imagine how elated you are!!!  Once I had the Grooms
name/information everything else fell into place and I've been able to find
my Brother-in-laws family going back to his 6th great grandfather born in
1700 and he's also related to Daniel Boone by marriage via his 2nd great
Aunt marring Daniel Boone's son.   

 

One piece of the puzzle, accurate piece of course, can make all the
difference.  Congratulations to you!!!

 

Robin Borba Besotes

 

 

From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Eric Gomes
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 9:17 PM
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

 

I did itI broke down my first serious brickwall today... 

 

I have been trying to find where my great-great grandfather, Manuel
Rodrigues is buried.  He immigrated to Hawaii in the 1880's from the Azores
and then the family immigrated from Hawaii in 1906...   

 

So... according to family lore, he was killed by a train in Oakland when my
grandmother was a child.  She has no memory of him or her other grandfather,
Manuel Cabral, who was also killed by a train in Oakland in 1925 when she
was 3 days old.  

 

Well, I finally found him... I have searched the internet, been to the
Oakland Family History Center on several occasions, used City Directories,
pulled the California Death Index from the Oakland Public Library, looked
through numerous micro film rolls of the Oakland Tribune and the Hayward
Daily Review at the Oakland Public Library and California State University
HAYWARD (I refuse to call it East Bay)  to no avail...  well, it turns out,
the CA death index had him listed as Manuel RodrigueZ 

 

I was at Cal State Hayward today and was looking for Manuel Rodriguez in
the June 10, 1927 Oakland Tribune... I first found an article of an
unidentified elderly man that was struck by a Southern Pacific Electric
Train... the type that used to travel across the Oakland Bay Bridge on the
first level... that was my first clue... In the June 12, 1927 obituaries, I
found him listed.  I know it is him because the address matched and the
middle initial matched... he is the only Manuel A Rodrigues in several
different sources.  Pay Dirt... =)  I will request the death certificate the
next time I am in Oakland... and I plan on traveling to Sacramento on my
next day off to see if there are any records at the Railroad Museum.  And
now for the serendipity... 

 

-- 

Eric Gomes

Castro Valley, CA

 

Surnames: Gomes, Smith, Townsend, Lopes, Cabral, Erwin, Kennedy, Rodman,
Rodrigues, and many more.  

 

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Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

[Julie Marsh]

Also if you can not find the information at the museum you might want to go to 
the main liberary downtown. They have lots of information for history and 
genealogy research in the California Room. The state Liberary is on L I believe 
and they also have most records for the state availible for research. You will 
want to check online first before going to check on there hours to see when 
they 
are open. Cut backs have affected that alot. 


Julzz





From: "tish.me...@gmail.com" 
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Sent: Sat, April 2, 2011 9:09:54 AM
Subject: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

Eric,

When you go to the train museum, if you have time, could you find out if there 
are records of weekly pay statements for 1858-1900 for the men who built the 
railroad. I think I am interested in the railroad that was near Mission San 
Jose, Niles area.

Thanks in advance,
Tish

On Apr 2, 2011 6:34am, netadosaco...@aol.com wrote:
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Eric,
> 
>  
> 
> Congratulations!  Know the feeling on breaking through.  Wish I 
> could be there to share your serendipity... but I shall have to settle for 
> a glass here in Utah.
> 
>  
> 
> 
> 
> Ally
> 
> Vieira Anselmo in Ribeira Seca, Sao Miguel 
> Pinheiro, Nunes, Silveira in Praia do Almoxarife and Pedro 
> Miguel, Faial
> Silveira, Rodrigues in Sao Jorge
> 
> 
> 
> 
> 
>  
> 
>  
> 
> 
> In a message dated 4/1/2011 10:35:51 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, 
> gomes.ances...@gmail.com writes:
> 
> I did itI broke down my first serious brickwall 
> today...  
> 
> 
> 
> I have been trying to find where my great-great grandfather, Manuel 
> Rodrigues is buried.  He immigrated to Hawaii in the 1880's from the 
> Azores and then the family immigrated from Hawaii in 1906... 
>   
> 
> 
> 
> 
> So... according to family lore, he was killed by a train in Oakland when 
> my grandmother was a child.  She has no memory of him or her other 
> grandfather, Manuel Cabral, who was also killed by a train in Oakland in 1925 
> when she was 3 days old.  
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Well, I finally found him... I have searched the internet, been to the 
> Oakland Family History Center on several occasions, used City 
> Directories, pulled the California Death Index from the Oakland Public 
> Library, looked through numerous micro film rolls of the Oakland Tribune and 
> the Hayward Daily Review at the Oakland Public Library and California State 
> University HAYWARD (I refuse to call it East Bay)  to no avail... 
>  well, it turns out, the CA death index had him listed as Manuel 
> RodrigueZ 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> I was at Cal State Hayward today and was looking for Manuel Rodriguez in 
>  the June 10, 1927 Oakland Tribune... I first found an article of an 
> unidentified elderly man that was struck by a Southern Pacific Electric 
> Train... the type that used to travel across the Oakland Bay Bridge on the 
> first level... that was my first clue... In the June 12, 1927 obituaries, I 
> found him listed.  I know it is him because the address matched and the 
> middle initial matched... he is the only Manuel A Rodrigues in several 
> different sources.  Pay Dirt... =)  I will request the death 
> certificate the next time I am in Oakland... and I plan on traveling to 
> Sacramento on my next day off to see if there are any records at the Railroad 
> Museum.  And now for the serendipity... 
> 
> 
> 
> 
> -- 
> Eric Gomes 
> Castro Valley, CA
> 
> 
> 
> 
> Surnames: Gomes, Smith, Townsend, Lopes, Cabral, Erwin, Kennedy, Rodman, 
> Rodrigues, and many more.  
> 
> 
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Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Shows (on American TV): Who Do You Think You...

[Edward Rodrigues]

Ally The same thing happened to me until I realized that they want you to put a 
dash line between numbers on phone number  000-000-



On Apr 2, 2011, at 9:24 AM, netadosaco...@aol.com wrote:

> Cheri,
>  
> I have tried many times to enter this contest.  Each time I enter, the 
> "please complete" in red comes up just above my name.  Everything else is 
> fine.  But for some unknown reason to me my name is not valid. 
>  
> Ally
>  
> In a message dated 3/31/2011 11:11:43 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time, 
> gfsche...@gmail.com writes:
> I posted a couple of months ago about the new season of "Who Do You Think You 
> Are?" on NBC in America (there's a British version too.  I'm not sure about 
> other countries).  Each episode takes a celebrity and has that person 
> research his/her family tree.
> 
> It's sponsored by Ancestry.com.  In celebration of the 2nd season, Ancestry 
> also ran a sweepstakes where anyone can win a trip to the country of their 
> choice (up to $20,000 in travel money), up to 8 hours of consultation time 
> with an expert genealogist (I wonder if Joao Ventura wants to put up with 8 
> hours of me?), help from up to 5 experts in fields relevant to your family 
> history, and a yearlong Ancestry.com World Deluxe membership for you and 5 
> family members.  You can enter daily up to April 8th  http://goo.gl/Wqz2v
> 
> I also became aware of "The Generations Project."  It's on BYU TV.  Although 
> I don't live in Utah or get cable or satellite from any BYU station, you can 
> register to see it live online or view it afterwards for free, without 
> needing to register.  From what I understand, it's similar to "Who Do You 
> Think You Are?" but they use just us regular genealogists (I'm guessing that 
> they are again starting in America).  They are launching the second season 
> and again, it was posted in Legacy Family Tree's newsletter: 
> http://goo.gl/p5TMH
> 
> Cheri Mello
> Listowner, Azores-Gen
> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, 
> Achada
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Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

[Tish . Meals]

Eric,

When you go to the train museum, if you have time, could you find out if  
there are records of weekly pay statements for 1858-1900 for the men who  
built the railroad. I think I am interested in the railroad that was near  
Mission San Jose, Niles area.


Thanks in advance,
Tish

On Apr 2, 2011 6:34am, netadosaco...@aol.com wrote:






Eric,





Congratulations! Know the feeling on breaking through. Wish I
could be there to share your serendipity... but I shall have to settle for
a glass here in Utah.







Ally



Vieira Anselmo in Ribeira Seca, Sao Miguel
Pinheiro, Nunes, Silveira in Praia do Almoxarife and Pedro
Miguel, Faial
Silveira, Rodrigues in Sao Jorge












In a message dated 4/1/2011 10:35:51 PM Mountain Daylight Time,
gomes.ances...@gmail.com writes:



I did itI broke down my first serious brickwall
today...





I have been trying to find where my great-great grandfather, Manuel
Rodrigues is buried. He immigrated to Hawaii in the 1880's from the
Azores and then the family immigrated from Hawaii in 1906...







So... according to family lore, he was killed by a train in Oakland when
my grandmother was a child. She has no memory of him or her other
grandfather, Manuel Cabral, who was also killed by a train in Oakland in  
1925

when she was 3 days old.






Well, I finally found him... I have searched the internet, been to the
Oakland Family History Center on several occasions, used City
Directories, pulled the California Death Index from the Oakland Public
Library, looked through numerous micro film rolls of the Oakland Tribune  
and
the Hayward Daily Review at the Oakland Public Library and California  
State

University HAYWARD (I refuse to call it East Bay) to no avail...
well, it turns out, the CA death index had him listed as Manuel
RodrigueZ






I was at Cal State Hayward today and was looking for Manuel Rodriguez in
the June 10, 1927 Oakland Tribune... I first found an article of an
unidentified elderly man that was struck by a Southern Pacific Electric
Train... the type that used to travel across the Oakland Bay Bridge on the
first level... that was my first clue... In the June 12, 1927 obituaries,  
I

found him listed. I know it is him because the address matched and the
middle initial matched... he is the only Manuel A Rodrigues in several
different sources. Pay Dirt... =) I will request the death
certificate the next time I am in Oakland... and I plan on traveling to
Sacramento on my next day off to see if there are any records at the  
Railroad

Museum. And now for the serendipity...






--
Eric Gomes
Castro Valley, CA






Surnames: Gomes, Smith, Townsend, Lopes, Cabral, Erwin, Kennedy, Rodman,
Rodrigues, and many more.





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Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Shows (on American TV): Who Do You Think You...

[CaraBela]

The address I go to for Ancestry.com's sweepstakes is: 
_http://www.ancestry.com/s46878/t21178/rd.ashx_ 
(http://www.ancestry.com/s46878/t21178/rd.ashx) 
Sherry
 
 
 
In a message dated 4/2/2011 8:12:00 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,  
netadosaco...@aol.com writes:

Cheri,
 
I have tried many times to enter this contest.  Each time I enter,  the 
"please complete" in red comes up just above my name.  Everything  else is 
fine.  But for some unknown reason to me my name is not  valid.  
 
Ally
 
 
In a message dated 3/31/2011 11:11:43 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
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I  posted a couple of months ago about the new season of "Who Do You Think 
You  Are?" on NBC in America (there's a British version too.  I'm not sure  
about other countries).  Each episode takes a celebrity and has that  person 
research his/her family tree.

It's sponsored by  Ancestry.com.  In celebration of the 2nd season, 
Ancestry also ran a  sweepstakes where anyone can win a trip to the country of 
their choice (up  to $20,000 in travel money), up to 8 hours of consultation 
time with an  expert genealogist (I wonder if Joao Ventura wants to put up with 
8 hours of  me?), help from up to 5 experts in fields relevant to your 
family history,  and a yearlong Ancestry.com World Deluxe membership for you 
and 
5 family  members.  You can enter daily up to April 8th  
_http://goo.gl/Wqz2v_ (http://goo.gl/Wqz2v) 

I also became  aware of "The Generations Project."  It's on BYU TV.  
Although I  don't live in Utah or get cable or satellite from any BYU station, 
you 
can  register to see it live online or view it afterwards for free, without 
 needing to register.  From what I understand, it's similar to "Who Do  You 
Think You Are?" but they use just us regular genealogists (I'm guessing  
that they are again starting in America).  They are launching the  second 
season and again, it was posted in Legacy Family Tree's newsletter:  
_http://goo.gl/p5TMH_ (http://goo.gl/p5TMH) 

Cheri  Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
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Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Shows (on American TV): Who Do You Think You...

[netadosAcores]

Cheri,
 
I have tried many times to enter this contest.  Each time I enter, the  
"please complete" in red comes up just above my name.  Everything else is  
fine.  But for some unknown reason to me my name is not valid.  
 
Ally
 
 
In a message dated 3/31/2011 11:11:43 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
gfsche...@gmail.com writes:

I posted  a couple of months ago about the new season of "Who Do You Think 
You Are?" on  NBC in America (there's a British version too.  I'm not sure 
about other  countries).  Each episode takes a celebrity and has that person 
research  his/her family tree.

It's sponsored by Ancestry.com.  In  celebration of the 2nd season, 
Ancestry also ran a sweepstakes where anyone  can win a trip to the country of 
their choice (up to $20,000 in travel money),  up to 8 hours of consultation 
time with an expert genealogist (I wonder if  Joao Ventura wants to put up with 
8 hours of me?), help from up to 5 experts  in fields relevant to your 
family history, and a yearlong Ancestry.com World  Deluxe membership for you 
and 
5 family members.  You can enter daily up  to April 8th  
_http://goo.gl/Wqz2v_ (http://goo.gl/Wqz2v) 

I also became aware  of "The Generations Project."  It's on BYU TV.  
Although I don't  live in Utah or get cable or satellite from any BYU station, 
you 
can register  to see it live online or view it afterwards for free, without 
needing to  register.  From what I understand, it's similar to "Who Do You 
Think You  Are?" but they use just us regular genealogists (I'm guessing 
that they are  again starting in America).  They are launching the second 
season and  again, it was posted in Legacy Family Tree's newsletter: 
_http://goo.gl/p5TMH_ (http://goo.gl/p5TMH) 

Cheri  Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca,  Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das 
Tainhas, Achada
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Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

[netadosAcores]

Eric,
 
Congratulations!  Know the feeling on breaking through.  Wish I  could be 
there to share your serendipity... but I shall have to settle for  a glass 
here in Utah.
 
 
 
Ally
Vieira Anselmo in Ribeira Seca, Sao Miguel  
Pinheiro, Nunes, Silveira in Praia do Almoxarife and Pedro  Miguel, Faial
Silveira, Rodrigues in Sao Jorge








In a message dated 4/1/2011 10:35:51 P.M. Mountain Daylight Time,  
gomes.ances...@gmail.com writes:

I did itI broke down my first serious brickwall  today...   


I have been trying to find where my great-great grandfather, Manuel  
Rodrigues is buried.  He immigrated to Hawaii in the 1880's from the  Azores 
and 
then the family immigrated from Hawaii in 1906...  


So... according to family lore, he was killed by a train in Oakland when  
my grandmother was a child.  She has no memory of him or her other  
grandfather, Manuel Cabral, who was also killed by a train in Oakland in 1925  
when 
she was 3 days old.  


Well, I finally found him... I have searched the internet, been to the  
Oakland Family History Center on several occasions, used City  Directories, 
pulled the California Death Index from the Oakland Public  Library, looked 
through numerous micro film rolls of the Oakland Tribune and  the Hayward Daily 
Review at the Oakland Public Library and California State  University 
HAYWARD (I refuse to call it East Bay)  to no avail...  well, it turns out, the 
CA 
death index had him listed as Manuel  RodrigueZ 


I was at Cal State Hayward today and was looking for Manuel Rodriguez in  
the June 10, 1927 Oakland Tribune... I first found an article of an  
unidentified elderly man that was struck by a Southern Pacific Electric  
Train... 
the type that used to travel across the Oakland Bay Bridge on the  first 
level... that was my first clue... In the June 12, 1927 obituaries, I  found 
him 
listed.  I know it is him because the address matched and the  middle 
initial matched... he is the only Manuel A Rodrigues in several  different 
sources.  Pay Dirt... =)  I will request the death  certificate the next time I 
am 
in Oakland... and I plan on traveling to  Sacramento on my next day off to 
see if there are any records at the Railroad  Museum.  And now for the 
serendipity... 


-- 
Eric Gomes  
Castro Valley, CA


Surnames: Gomes, Smith, Townsend, Lopes, Cabral, Erwin, Kennedy, Rodman,  
Rodrigues, and many more.  

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Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

[Eric Gomes]

Ironically,

I have another great-great grandfather on my maternal side that worked for
Southern Pacific in Sacramento... as far as I know he was working as an
attendant at a railroad crossing in the early 1900's...  apparently there
was a runaway car or something and he tried to jump onto it to stop the
car... unfortunately he ended up underneath it and lost his arm... and a
little time later, he lost his life due to complications from the
injuries...  Uh oh, I changed the subject on my own thread.  =)

Eric Gomes
Castro Valley, CA

On Fri, Apr 1, 2011 at 9:58 PM, Cheri Mello  wrote:

> Congratulations, Eric G!
>
> When you're in Sacramento, I'd stay away from train tracks if I were you :)
>
> When I did work for my dad's cousin on her Welsh side, I couldn't find her
> ancestor in the CA Death Index either.  I think I pulled the actual roll of
> film for that year and started reading.  The name on the death was Mr. Shone
> and they filed him in the death index as ZZ Shone.   Go figure!
>
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> Achada
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RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

[Jacki G.]

Eric,

 

That's awesome. I had that same sort of thing happen with my great
grandfather. Who, was also killed in Oakland in 1909 when my grandmother was
2. Weird coincidence huh? His name was Fernandes but I found the article in
SF Chronicle and he was listed as Fernanz. He was killed in an explosion in
a quarry.

 

Just an FYI about the Alameda County recorders office. They will no  longer
let you look at any death records and they will not make a copy for you
while you're there. They will look for the record and either send it or a
letter telling you they couldn't find it and then it also still takes weeks
to get it. Save your time gas and just file the request online. I work just
around the corner from the recorders office and I have gone round and round
with more than one person there; including the director. I even took a print
out of their website where it says that you can look at the records. 

 

Congrats on breaking down the wall

 

Jacki

 

From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Eric Gomes
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 9:17 PM
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brickwall Broken!

 

I did itI broke down my first serious brickwall today... 

 

I have been trying to find where my great-great grandfather, Manuel
Rodrigues is buried.  He immigrated to Hawaii in the 1880's from the Azores
and then the family immigrated from Hawaii in 1906...   

 

So... according to family lore, he was killed by a train in Oakland when my
grandmother was a child.  She has no memory of him or her other grandfather,
Manuel Cabral, who was also killed by a train in Oakland in 1925 when she
was 3 days old.  

 

Well, I finally found him... I have searched the internet, been to the
Oakland Family History Center on several occasions, used City Directories,
pulled the California Death Index from the Oakland Public Library, looked
through numerous micro film rolls of the Oakland Tribune and the Hayward
Daily Review at the Oakland Public Library and California State University
HAYWARD (I refuse to call it East Bay)  to no avail...  well, it turns out,
the CA death index had him listed as Manuel RodrigueZ 

 

I was at Cal State Hayward today and was looking for Manuel Rodriguez in
the June 10, 1927 Oakland Tribune... I first found an article of an
unidentified elderly man that was struck by a Southern Pacific Electric
Train... the type that used to travel across the Oakland Bay Bridge on the
first level... that was my first clue... In the June 12, 1927 obituaries, I
found him listed.  I know it is him because the address matched and the
middle initial matched... he is the only Manuel A Rodrigues in several
different sources.  Pay Dirt... =)  I will request the death certificate the
next time I am in Oakland... and I plan on traveling to Sacramento on my
next day off to see if there are any records at the Railroad Museum.  And
now for the serendipity... 

 

-- 

Eric Gomes

Castro Valley, CA

 

Surnames: Gomes, Smith, Townsend, Lopes, Cabral, Erwin, Kennedy, Rodman,
Rodrigues, and many more.  

 

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RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation Help

[Jacki G.]

Cheri, that's good to know. The director there was the person who actually
helped me get started when I was researching my other line from Sao Miguel.
His mother is Azorean.  I will have to check with him and see if a larger
lens is possible. 

 

Thanks for the info. That's why I love this group. ;)

 

Jacki

 

From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Cheri Mello
Sent: Friday, April 01, 2011 7:09 PM
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation Help

 

Jacki,

George Pacheco used to be a FHC director, so he knows more than I do.

I thought that patrons to an FHC could request the FHC to get a higher power
lens for their readers.  I don't know all the rules and regulations about it
though and if it's an FHC wide thing or dealt with individually at each FHC.

Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
Achada

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