[AZORES-Genealogy] someone on Flores?

Hi All, Am I correct in remembering that there is someone on this list who lives on Flores? If so I would love to meet up with them. I am there now, until July 21. I'll be in Santa Cruz tonight and tomorrow (July 14/15) and then Lajes until July 21. I can be reached at spp1...@gmail.com or my phon

[AZORES-Genealogy] Flores

Hi all, It turns out I will be traveling to the Azores for three weeks in July! I'll spend some time on São Miguel, Faial, Flores, and maybe Pico. I will be on Flores for the Festa do Emigrante. While I am there I'd like to do some family research. Does anyone know if there is an accessible archiv

[AZORES-Genealogy] Sausalito Holy Ghost Festa

For those in the SF Bay Area/Northern California, this weekend the Sausalito Portuguese Hall celebrates its 125th anniversary. Friday May 3 is a gala dinner/celebration ($55 members, $75 non-members), Sunday May 5 is the Espirito Santo Procession and Festa (free). Not sure

[AZORES-Genealogy] another request for translation help

If anyone is feeling ambitious and helpful, I could use some assistance with translating this. It's the entry on the bottom half of the right page of the book. We've got this much: João Dutra Martins filho legitimo de Francisco Dutra Martins e suas mulher Maria Jacinta e Francisca Tomazzia filha l

[AZORES-Genealogy] Opportunity & Saudade

Felicia Angeja Viator has written a very good paper about Azorean immigrants in California after WW II, published in Hindsight, a publication of the History Dept. at Fresno State. Gives a lot of insight into the Azorean immigrant experience at the time, especially for women. It's a 28-page PDF: ht

[AZORES-Genealogy] a friendly reminder

Hi All, When responding to a post, please try to remember to delete all of the extra stuff. If you keep the specific quoted message you are responding to and trim off the rest of the thread, it saves the rest of us from having to read these really long posts that repeat the same stuff over and ove

[AZORES-Genealogy] report from Pico

Hello all, I have not posted in a long time. I am still in Portugal, in a small village in the mountains near Viseu where I will be for three more weeks. But I did manage to get to the Azores for four days on my way here - two days on Faial and two days on Pico. My hope was to find a birth record