A Note to the Reader...

The story of Antonio and Mary Fernandez is fascinating, and it has been the longtime wish of their descendents to tell their story to future generations. It has been our great honor to help make that wish finally come true. Our family has compiled as much information about this pioneering family as we could, and we are proud to share it with you now. The Fernandez family has grown quite large in just a few generations in the new world, so the focus of this book is on the couple who brought our family to America across the great wide ocean from Portugal, and on the first generation of children they raised here. There are many family members responsible for this book ~ every person who took a photograph and passed it on, every person who ever told a story of the old days, every person who ever drew up a family tree ~ each of these people have helped create a rich family lore. Full credit cannot be given to all of these people, but we believe we can honor them best by recording what we know from the stories and photographs collected be the various branches of the family. We invite you take a step back in time and learn what it was like to live on Mound Key and in the little village of Estero, Florida in those pioneer days of so long ago.

Saturday, December 17, 2011

Book Signing at Ted Smallwood Museum and Store November 19, 2011

On November 19, 2011, I had a wonderful opportunity to go to Chokoloskee, Florida for the first time with my husband to sell our family book.  It was a wonderful experience and I met some wonderful people while we were there.  The Ted Smallwood Museum and store is such a neat experience.  You could be there for hours and still not see everything there.  A small fee of $3.00 is collected at the door, but you will get more then your $3.00 back.  They have a wonderful collection of books available as well.  It is amazing and a wonderful ride down.  So much history being preserved!

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