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O Progresso is published in March, June, September, and December of each year.
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Here is an INDEX to the back-issues and their articles of the O Progresso newsletter by the PHCS:
March 1997 - Vol.16, #1
100 Years Marked by Sacramento Portuguese Organization (Centennial of Sacramento Portuguese Holy Spirit Society)
Scholarship Deadline is April 15
Tours to Portugal Offered
Call for Unpublished Writers ("Wryte" - an on-line computer literary magazine)
Letters: Who Discovered the Azores?
Military Titles of the Past (Genealogy article by Doug da Rocha Holmes)
Master Calendar for 1997
Club News: Southside Improvement Club; Luso-American Frat.Fed.
A Herança Portuguesa: The Portuguese of Rio Vista
Dia de Portugal June 7 in San Jose
Genealogy Workshop Scheduled
Financial Statement for 1996
DECEMBER 1996 - Vol.15, #4
Portuguese Community Mourns Passing of Msgr. Fagundes
Officers Elected for 1997
Another Scholarship Offered
Eagle Scouts Pretty-Up the Park
Not Many Portuguese in Politics
"A Barrelful of Memories - Stories of My Azorean Family" (Review of book by Pauline Correia Stonehill)
A Herança Portuguesa: Tras-os-Montes
Opportunity to Study in Portugal
Portuguese Language Classes to be Offered
Who Discovered the Azores?
Tour to Portugal Offered
Linguica-and-Bean Feed Planned
Portuguese Genealogist Master List (Article by Doug da Rocha Holmes)
SEPTEMBER 1996 - Vol.15, #3
Folkloric Dancers Perform at Ice Cream Social
Veteran Luso Legislator Honored on Retirement (State Senator Henry J. Mello)
Portuguese Exhibit at State Fair
New Dance Group Formed
Azorean Students Speak on Ecology
First Portuguese Heritage Festival in October
Free Exhibit Honors Sousa Mendes and Other Holocaust Heroes
Picnic in the Park Followed Strenuous Pulling of Weeds
A Herança Portuguesa: In Siskiyou They Came for Gold and Stayed to Farm.
You Don't Speak Lisbonite, Do You?
Genealogy Trip Checklist (Article by Doug da Rocha Holmes)
JUNE 1996 - Vol.15, #2
Sacramento Honors Memory of Portuguese Hero Sousa Mendes
Two Scholarship Winners for 1996 Competition
Clean-Up-the-Park Picnic
Remarks of Consul General Ferreira da Fonseca (re Sousa Mendes)
Artifacts Exhibited at School
U.S. in Lisbon World Fair
Scholarships Available in Azores
A Heranca Portuguesa: Shasta County Portuguese Revive the Festa
Genealogy on the Internet
New Book on Azoreans in California (by Robert L. Santos)
Portuguese Phone Books & Genealogy (Article by Doug da Rocha Holmes)
In San Jose, Portuguese Labeled `Minority' But Not `Hispanic'
Northern Lights in São Miguel
Simple Little Love Story With a Portuguese Flavor (Review of "Our Sacramento Delta Love Story")
Writing Your Family History (Aritlce by Felix G. Game)
MARCH 1996 - Vol.15, #1
Two Scholarships Now Offered through PHCS
`Portuguese Schindler' Honored on Holocaust Memorial Day
Portuguese Park Clean-Up Planned
Dinner Dance in Auburn
New Head of Azores Government Welcomed by Local Portuguese
Tours to Portugal Announced
Rock `N Roll in the Azores
Our Lady of Fatima Sodality Invites Community to Meetings
A Herança Portuguesa: Portuguese First Worshipped at St.Stephen's Church.
Portuguese Join the Internet
Master Calendar
Guide to Sacramento-Area Portuguese Organizations
Naming Traditions (Part 3); Surname Selection (Genealogy article by Doug da Rocha Holmes)
Another Portuguese Genealogy Workshop Scheduled
Wanted: Portuguese Family Recipes
Financial Statement for 1995
DECEMBER 1995 - Vol.14, #4
Scholarship Dinner: `As Though You Were in Madeira'
Officers, Directors for `96 to be Installed in January
Dinner-Dance in Newcastle
Internships Available to Students
Portugal's Government Changes
A New Child Movie Star? (Local Portuguese have bit parts in movie "Phenomenon")
Are We Hispanic, or What?
Inhames, Vinho e Ailhos; No Turkey (Thanksgiving tradition of local Portuguese family)
Call Them Luso-Native Americans (Indian-Portuguese connections)
A Herança Portuguesa: The Portuguese of Princeton
Scholarships Available to Students of Portuguese Blood
Naming Traditions (Part 2): Surname Types (Genealogy article by Doug da Rocha Holmes)
`Portuguese Pioneers of the Sacramento Valley' Planned (Sequel to "Portuguese Pioneers of the Sacramento Area")
SEPTEMBER 1995 - Vol.14, #3
Two Azores Students Present Show on Island's Volcanoes
Scholarship Dinner November 4
A Journey of Discovery (Patricia Corbera finds her roots.)
Calif-Azores Exchange Program
A Herança Portuguesa: Tiny Dixon's Portuguese Heritage
Naming Traditions (Part 1): Given Names (Genealogy article by Doug da Rocha Holmes)
Two New Directors Elected
Azorean is Archbishop of S.F.
Seminar on Genealogy in Visalia
When is a King Not a King (The story of Manuel and Josephine King)
Portuguese-in-Nevada Show
Portugal/Lusophone World Meeting
Azorean Convention in Faial
JUNE 1995 - Vol.14, #2
Allison Rose Wins Scholarship
Music-Wine Tasting and Slide Show Events are Successes
Azorean Govt. Donates Books
My Portuguese Heritage (Essay by Alison Rose)
Scholarships Offered at U.C.B.
Exhibits Highlight Portuguese
Surname Origins (Genealogy article by Doug da Rocha Holmes)
A Herança Portuguesa: The Mysterious Melungeons; Were They Portuguese?
Azorean Political Leaders Visit
MARCH 1995 -Vol.14, #1
Portuguese Music/Wine Tasting Event April 30
Free Slide Show of Portugal
`Lift to the Altar' Fund Drive (To install elevator at St. Elizabeth Church)
Fraternalist of the Year (Evelyn Nordeste Tachera honored)
Scholarship Announcements Sent to High Schools
Azores, Portugal, Madeira Tours Announced for `95
Immigrant Life Wasn't Easy Back Eight Decades Ago
Master Calendar
News of Portuguese Organizations
A Herança Portuguesa: The Holy Ghost Festas
Portuguese Vital Records (Genealogy article by Doug da Rocha Holmes)
Financial Statement for 1994
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