Fred S, You can get a stand alone genealogy software program that you install on your own computer, or you can do one in the cloud, such has housing your tree on Ancestry.com or Geni.com or any thing similar.
I'm pretty sure Sousa (or the older spelling Souza) are one of the top 5 Portuguese surnames. I'm pretty sure just about every island has Sousa families on it. I don't know your definition of dramatic is, but most of us deal with the name changes. They seem to change every couple of generations, but most names can be found back in the family tree somewhere. I'm lucky that I'm the 10th generation to have the surname Mello. When I go back to that ancestor, his name was Jacome. His wife was a Mello. So my line gets it from her. Without specifics on your immigrant ancestors (names, dates, places) it is difficult to help. You may want to read my how to guide on the Azores GenWeb here: http://goo.gl/XXGwQe Good Luck, Cheri Mello -- 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. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
