Alfred Soares SS-5

I received a letter in the mail from the Social Security administration.  At first I thought it was another one of those phony Statement of Benefits for Social Security.  You know the forms that make it look like I am paying into a system and accruing benefits.  They are very misleading but that is beside [...]

FOIA Request – Alfred Soares

I haven’t posted anything the last few days because I have been busy at work and home, and have not had a chance to do any family history research.  I took a few minutes during my lunch break to make a Freedom of Information Act request.  Since I have reason to beleive that the Alfred [...]

A response from Cochran Mortuary about Alfred Soares

So I received an email today from the Cochran Mortuary. Here is the email: Mr. Silva: I have found an Alfred Soares. My records don’t show any family surviving. Only a conservator and a friend that stepped forward to take care of him in death. Based on some of the information you have supplied me, [...]

The Continuing Saga of Alfred Soares

I have continued my research by emailing the cemetery listed in the obituary for more information. I am hoping that I can get a birth date from the tombstone. This would help me determine if this is the Alfred Soares that I am looking for or some other Alfred Soares. I am not certain that [...]

An Interesting Possibility for Alfred Soares (Adopted Son of José and Clara Soares)

I was setting out to try to do some research for Alfred Soares.  He is the adopted son of José and Clara Soares.  I know he was born in Wailuku on 12/8/18 from Ancestry.com’s California Passenger and Crew Lists, 1893-1957.  From other entries the birth date is Dec 8th 1918.  He was on the SS [...]

Searched for José Soares’s Passport to the U.S.A.

I searched the Madeira Archive’s Passport Database for José Soares. I first searched using José Soares in the search field searching the “Exact phrase.” The results included too many hits that were not a possibility, so I used the advanced search. I searched using José Soares as the petitioner. I then sorted the 14 results [...]