Hello everyone! I'm hoping to get some advice on tracking down an ancestor. I have a fifth great-grandfather who immigrated to Brazil sometime in the late 1700s. His name was Ignácio José de Andrade. On one of his grandchildren's baptism records, it confirms that Ignácio was from the island of Santa Maria. Unfortunately, birth records of his direct children and his marriage record are not available (it appears that they were damaged). So this is all I have to go on.
His wife was born in Brazil and I estimate that they got married in the 1790s in Rio Bonito, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. My best lead so far comes from an Inácio José Coelho de Andrade who arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1784 from Santa Maria. This is according to the book Relação dos imigrantes açorianos para os Estados do Brasil - vol. VII (http://www.bparah.azores.gov.pt/genealogias/belo-araimundo-rel+passaportes/arbelo-rel+emigrantes+brasil+pass1771-74-bihit+vol.VI%281948%29.pdf). Is anyone familiar with the Andrade families of Santa Maria that could help me narrow down possible relatives? Is it possible that Inácio José Coelho de Andrade and Ignácio José de Andrade are the same person. Would the Coelho name have been dropped so easily? It seems like such a small island, and the combination of Ignácio and the surname Andrade shouldn't bring up too many possibilities. I'm willing to search all of them and rule them out (for example if they were still in Santa Maria in 1795). Any help would be appreciated. I'm anxious to begin my search now that Santa Maria is online. Rodney -- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
