Linda J, Hopefully, the CCA will post Sao Sebastiao before the end of the year. They are in the "Sao" part of the alphabet and posting records in the council of Ponta Delgada.
If you test your mtDNA, understand that you MUST be the daughter of the daughter of the daughter of Leonor....women all the way back to her. Also understand that *most* mtDNA results are anthropological in nature - the out of Africa theory. You are less likely to get a genealogy match that you would be able to document on paper unless you just happen to have a rare mutation. With that being said, we've had 1 or maybe 2 people who have been able to document their mtDNA match on paper (due to a rare mutation). We have about 250 mtDNA results in the Azores database. Currently, the other 2 types of DNA testing are Y-DNA (and Leonor was not a man) or autosomal DNA (Family Finder). The X chromosome testing is on the horizon, so that will become the 4th type of DNA testing. I would think that there will be more on this in 2014. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
