Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-27 Thread Cheri Mello
Gayle previously posted the link for the Martha Vineyard's families. For those who may have missed it, it's here: history.vineyard.net Portuguese families are the 3rd item down. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-27 Thread Dano
BTW, for those interested there is a website entitled "The Portuguese Genealogy Project of Martha's Vineyard." There is a surname list of known Portuguese families (several Nortons included), a link for "new" research being conducted on Portuguese families of MV, and, also a link for Portuguese gen

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread Katharine
Re "OUR PORTUGUESE HERITAGE, 1860 - 1990: AN INFORMAL GENEALOGY OF 3,000 FAMILIES ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD", by Marianne Holmes Thomas Also held at: Santa Clara City Library, Santa Clara, CA 95051 -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the conf

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread Katharine
http://www.worldcat.org/title/our-portuguese-heritage-1860-1900-an-informal-genealogy-of-3000-families-on-marthas-vineyard-in-two-volumes/oclc/35039750&referer=brief_results "Our Portuguese heritage, 1860-1900: (an informal genealogy of 3,000 families on Martha's Vineyard) in two volumes" Author:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread Gayle Machado
s@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > melanie...@me.com > Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:00 PM > To: Azores Genealogy > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island > > Gayle- This is very possibly a BIG DISCOVERY. What is

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread Linda Norton
ssage- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of melanie...@me.com Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2011 12:00 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island Gayle- This is very possibly a BIG DISCOVERY. What is "Our

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread "E" Sharp
There are 2 of these books listed on addall.com Vol. 1 only A-O at $150 each. "E" -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread Gayle Machado
Cheri, Check out "history.vineyard.net" Gayle On Oct 26, 2011, at 9:30 AM, "Cheri Mello" mailto:gfsche...@gmail.com>> wrote: This is the only info (about 10 years old) that I have about the book that Gayle cites. I don't know if the phone number is valid either

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread Gayle Machado
Manuel, There is a Manuel deLoura listed. Says he was born in 1870. Lists his wife and children but offers no further info as to where he was born. Now I really do need to get to work. I'll gladly look up anything else when I get home. Gayle On Oct 26, 2011, at 9:27 AM, "Cheri Mello" mailt

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread "E" Sharp
If the Library in Martha's Vineyard are half as great as the one in Nantucket, you will glean much of information from them. The ones in Nantucket helped me tremendously in a search I was doing. Above and beyond--even found out one of the ancestors died in Virginia. If you have any further quest

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread Gayle Machado
Manuel, The book does not indicate that Francis left the island. A death date of 6 Nov 1893 is given. He married Deborah Vincent and together had 7 children. As for a Manuel- on page N512 it says Manuel Machado, son of Matthew and Martha Machado, both from St. George, came to Edgartown and too

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread Gayle Machado
Melanie, It is a two- volume set of books by Marianne Holmes Thomas. It was published in 1996 by CHiP (The Community History Project) in Edgartown, MA. It covers 3000 families who lived on Martha's Vineyard including my father's. (My mother was also from the island but not of Portuguese ancest

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread rcapodc
> OK, I went to Google Books and on the right-hand-side there is place that says find a library. This book is at Santa Clara Library, Connecticut State U, U of Mass, Dartmouth. I don't know if it helps but I also looked in Bookfinder.com and no luck nothing on www.hathitrust.org either. Rosemarie

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread Cheri Mello
This is the only info (about 10 years old) that I have about the book that Gayle cites. I don't know if the phone number is valid either. Cheri === "OUR PORTUGUESE HERITAGE, 1860 - 1990: AN INFORMAL GENEALOGY OF 3,000 FAMILIES ON MARTHA'S VINEYARD", by Marianne Holmes Thomas. This

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread Cheri Mello
Repost for Manuel Azevedo, emmanuelopes at gmail.com hi gayle, this is all very exciting as i have been researching salt spring pioneers for some time. the norton's are particularly elusive! the story fits with oral history except that Flores is cited as the island of his birth (from his death c

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: John Norton of Salt Spring Island

2011-10-26 Thread melaniekay
Gayle- This is very possibly a BIG DISCOVERY. What is "Our Portuguese Heritage" for Martha's Vineyard? Is that a book? I'll search for that title, if you discover or know more please share!! Thanks so much. Melanie On Oct 25, 8:31 pm, Gayle Machado wrote: > I finally had a chance to look up Norto