Most of the immigrants that are Portuguese in USA, are from the Azores. Anytime you ask one where you from? They will tell you Portugal. Even today my family members and friends going to visit,they allways say they are going to Portugal. Many of them never even been to mainland Portugal, one thousand miles away.
EMAILING FOR THE GREATER GOOD Join me > Date: Wed, 1 Apr 2009 06:02:05 -0700 > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azores/Mainland to Brazil > From: gandc...@bigpond.com > To: Azores@googlegroups.com > > > Hello Nancy Jean, > Yes, I am so pleased to find another cousin, Ines Pereira Macedo is my > g.g.g.g.g.grandmother and the others are her children and > grandchildren as I guess you know. Catharina Nascimento (Pereira > Macedo) is also the daughter of Ines Pereira Macedo and is my direct > line but the name has been entered diferently in various databases and > is hard to track. The name of Ines's parents appears in a couple of > the databases as Francisco Lopes da Fonseca and Apolonia Candias, both > died In 1717. they do not appear in the Candelaria database but were > in the Castelo Branco database, > This is where the Macedo line vanishes and my aunt told me the family > came from Portugal but I'm sure there were relatives in the Azores. I > would love to hear anything you can tell me. > > best regards. > > Christine > > On Apr 1, 3:04 am, nancy jean baptiste <fishsongf...@hotmail.com> > wrote: > > Hi Christine, > > > > I also have a few Macedos married into my in Candelaria, Pico line. Perhaps > > there is a connection. > > > > Jose Rodrigues Medeiros Macedo...b. 8-3-1764 > > > > son of Rita Inacia Macedo b. 1728 d. 1812 and Jose Rodrigues Medeiros > > > > b.1718 > > > > also have a Jose Rodrigues Macedo Siveira b. 9-27-1748 > > > > son of Rosa Francisca Macedo b.1715 and Jose Rodriguesn Costa b.1716 > > > > Ines Pereira Macedo b. in Lajes, Pico...married Francisco Costa Goulart, > > 1-15-1710 > > > > Regards, > > > > Nancy Jean Baptiste > > > > > > > > > > > > > Date: Mon, 30 Mar 2009 18:51:24 -0700 > > > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azores/Mainland to Brazil > > > From: gandc...@bigpond.com > > > To: Azores@googlegroups.com > > > > > Hello, I don't know your name but would love to hear about your > > > Macedos from Pico. Mine were from Candelaria and before that Sao > > > Mateus and Lajes. My family history tells me that they came from the > > > mainland in about 1750 but I'm sure that they already had relatives in > > > the Azores as some of the history goes back much much further there. > > > > > Christine > > > > > On Mar 30, 9:01 am, seekg...@aol.com wrote: > > > > Hi Maria Elena & Christine, > > > > I also have MACEDO'S from Pico. > > > > **************Feeling the pinch at the grocery store? Make dinner for > > > > $10 or > > > > less. (http://food.aol.com/frugal-feasts?ncid=emlcntusfood00000001) > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > Express your personality in color! Preview and select themes for > > Hotmail®.http://www.windowslive-hotmail.com/LearnMore/personalize.aspx?ocid=TX...- > > Hide quoted text - > > > > - Show quoted text - > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
