Linda
My sympathy to you and your family. Your Dad is now at peace and without
pain. Remember the good times. Those memories always bring comfort.
Joanne Souza
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From: Hermano C. Pires lagoe...@hotmail.com
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Sent: Friday, March
Cheryl; What an excellent idea!!! Thank you for passing it on. All the
best, Sam
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Cheryl Hamm
Sent: Friday, March 06, 2009 2:13 PM
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Byki Transparent Language
I have a question. Has anyone else found their ancestors changed their
nationality? On my Grandfather's Ellis Island Manifest he listed his
nationality as Great Britian, but his country of origin as Portugal. I
do remember my mother telling me he came the the US to avoid being
drafted. Apparently
Pat, it could be as your oral history says. However, my grandfather left the
continent of Portugal from Lisbon on a British ship that sailed to Liverpool,
England before coming to New York. I can see him (or someone else) saying that
he had come from England because, in fact, that was the
CCA has put Terceira casamentos index records for freguisas Santa
Barbara, Cinco Ribeira, and Sao Bartolomeu. These are NOT casamentos
records, but an index by year.
Jack Mendonca
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*Dear Linda:
Condolences
Maria Elena*
On Thu, Mar 5, 2009 at 11:11 PM, Linda Norton patli...@verizon.net wrote:
My dad passed away Tuesday, March 3 from Congestive Heart Failure and CA.
It was a long battle for him, but he is at peace now and with my mom.
The turnout at the viewing was
No problem. I am a big fan of downloading free books from the library. 8-)
I know about the language ones because my son was in a class last year where
he was the only NON-Russian kid. He asked me to download a learn Russian
book. He didn't get very far and he now goes to a different school,
Nationality is not easy to change. During the african Colonies of Portugal,
all males were drafted at 17 to serve in Angola, Monzambique, Guine Bissau.
Many emigrants Americanized their names because of discrimination from the
Anglo-American.
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Do you know what years this occurred? It sounds like that may be why my
grandfather came to America changed his name.
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Hi Everyone,
I've been researching my family tree for a few years, but saved the
Azores for last. Tonight I found your website and decided it was time
to jump into my Portugese research.
Bernadina was my grandmother and she passed before I was born, in fact
my father was only nine when she
Lexi,
There are two churches in Vila Franca do Campo (most researchers just type
Vila Franca). One is Sao Miguel Arcanjo or the Matriz (the mother church).
The other is Sao Pedro. Your Bernadina is from S.Miguel Arcanjo. I found
it on the immigration out of the Azores here (use Internet
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