Hey John, I think the break through, if there is one, will be through someone who goes through the painstaking road of looking through the property records, and/or the wills. Not to diminish the fine works of Rodrigues, Canto, and others, but the truth is many of originate from simple peasant stock. and not connected to the big name families. RR himself stated that many people, despite the apparent well known names, were in fact of peasant origin and not related. I think we have to accept this. On the other hand, some names are so unique, like Curvelo, Simas, and a few others that they are most probably linked.
JR On Sunday, February 2, 2014 5:53:23 PM UTC-5, John Vasconcelos wrote: > > Tony, > I have also been unable to connect my Corvello line back to Santa Maria > because, essentially all of Flores Vital records before about the mid > 1600's are lost because, as the story goes, in the mid-1600s, privateer's > or pirates attacked Flores and burned every church on the Island. However, > there is a branch of the Corvello family on Flores which arrived on Flores > after the late 1600's, who apparently can trace their ancestry back to > Santa Maria. > John Vasconcelos > > > On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Anthony Soares > <asoare...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> This Antonio Curvello would be my 6th Great Grandfather,this is the first >> spelling with the u that I have found all others have been Corvello/Corvelo >> as you stated. The Soares surname was not added till my 1st Great >> Grandfather in the mid 1800's. As JR mentioned in an earlier post a very >> good researcher on Terceira was not able to make the Corvello jump to Santa >> Maria.Maybe there is a connection to this Antonio Catalao,if there is hope >> I can find it. Thank you for the added information. >> >> Muito Obrigado >> >> Tony Soares >> >> >> On Sunday, February 2, 2014 11:16:56 AM UTC-8, John Vasconcelos wrote: >> >>> My maternal Grandmother was a Corvello/Corvelo (BTW, on Flores this is >>> the spelling used) so at one point I contacted James Guill to ask if he had >>> any more information on the family. He said that he had gone to the >>> archives (Torre do Tombo, I suppose) and had seen the original contract >>> between Prince Henry and Antonio Catalao (Corvello) and that it said that >>> Antonio would go from Catalonia to Santa Maria to supervise the >>> establishment of the sugar cane industry and the building of processing >>> mills. >>> John Vasconcelos >>> >>> >>> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> >>>> I believe Guill also stated that the Curvelos came from Santa Maria >>>> island. >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> 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+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>> To post to this group, send email to azo...@googlegroups.com. >>>> >>>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> 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+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> To post to this group, send email to azo...@googlegroups.com<javascript:> >> . >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- 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.
