Rua do Vigário

Rua do Vigàrio, Lagoa, São Miguel

I would like to visit the places where my ancestors lived...

• Macau where my mother lived when she was a little girl and where her mother died and was buried.  As my mother and her sister advanced in age, the more they spoke of their memories of Macau.  I realize a lot has changed since they lived there but I would like to make that connection.. 
• the island of Faial where my mother, her sister and most of the maternal side of the family was born and lived.  I first visited Faial in 1958 and met some of the family but I was young and don't remember who I met.

This past summer I visited the town of Rosário in São Miguel where my father and most of his family were born and lived. I walked the street where he was born and lived (Rua do Vigário). It must bear little resemblance to what it looked like in 1910 when he was born.