This is a Message Board Post that is gatewayed to this mailing list. Author: bbffrrpp Surnames: Pacheco, Pachico, Moura, Morris Classification: queries Message Board URL: http://boards.rootsweb.com/localities.northam.usa.states.massachusetts.unknown/6913.1.1.1/mb.ashx Message Board Post: Hi again. Are you aware that St. Michael's and Sao Miguel are the same island? If you can find out which part of the island they came from, we may be able to make some sort of connection. My Antonio PACHECO came from Sao Roque which is right beside Ponta Delgada. When I first started researching his family, I joined the Azores List. I got a lot of useful information from researchers there. A few live in the Azores. But the List is not as active as it used to be. And some researchers have started up "Groups" on the subject. Once in a while I join the Portugal List, and there are helpful researchers there. (There is also a "Group" for that.) And, don't forget to search the archives of the Azores List and the MA Lists to see if your family has been discussed before. I have never found Antonio at the "Ellis Island Museum" site, mostly because there were several Antonio's and I don't know which one is him. Don't forget that some immigrants don't remember which year they arrived in the US, so you have to think about all the years being mentioned. And the "death record" is filled out by a family member, and he or she might not remember the correct dates. Betty (The grandmother, "Elsie" MOURA, was only 12 when she arrived in the US (MA) and she was to be an "indentured servant" for 7 yrs. She went to a family on Beacon Hill in Boston. She reportedly came over ~1905, also. But I can't find her at "Ellis Island," either. So, I don't know whether she traveled alone, with an aunt, or possibly with a younger sister.) (One "guess" is that her father went to Brooklyn, NY, when her mother came to Cambridge, MA. So, one possibility is that her father brought her over, and then he stayed in NY and she came up to MA.) In genealogy, there is a lot of "guessing" and using an imagination. By the way, another researcher found a family I was looking for - under the PACHICO spelling. So you need to come up with all different spellings of a name. (When Tony and Elsie married in Cambridge, her parents were written down as having the MORRIS name. "American" version of their surname, MOURA.) Important Note: The author of this message may not be subscribed to this list. If you would like to reply to them, please click on the Message Board URL link above and respond on the board.