Joe Matias found Francisco’s birth record for me (Thanks, Joe!): http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1786-1795/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1786-1795_item1/P127.html
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 3:38:14 PM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: > > Now I’m on a search for Manuel’s father Francisco Jose (Feitor) da Costa. > Thank you for the marriage record. In the margin of the record, I believe > it says that Francisco was 25 and Maria de Jesus was 18. This would mean > that he would have been born around 1791. I searched through all of the > Matriz birth records from 1786 through 1799 and I couldn’t find him. I > also looked in Sao Pedro. Will keep hunting...... > > On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:53:59 PM UTC-4, Mara wrote: >> >> Hi Joseph, >> >> The information you entered was very limited, it would be nice if you >> could post the 1864 and the 1869 birth record links. However I took a peak >> at the indices and did find a birth record for a child by the name of >> Antonio born to Manuel da Costa and Filomena Augusta da Conceicao which >> leads me to believe this may be your couple. Does the surname "Feitor" >> mean anything to you? >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1885-1889/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1885-1889_item1/P79.html >> >> >> I did not find their marriage record under Costa or Feitor. It is >> possible the bride may have been from a different place where the marriage >> took place. Did find Manuel's parents marriage record I in 1816. >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1812-1820/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1812-1820_item1/P47.html >> >> Check it out, >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:14 PM, JR <jmr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Well, I have a couple of suggestions. You may have to the nearby >>> villages, such as Ribeira das Tainhas and Agua de Pau, Agua de Alto. They >>> are adjacent to Vila Franca. Have you checked that Manuel da Costa may go >>> by another name. Filomena is much rarer in pre-1900's, but sometimes may >>> actually be Maria Filomena. >>> >>> In the period between about 1860 forward, grandparents were listed in >>> marriages and baptisms. What do those documents say? >>> >>> JR >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:28:47 AM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone. >>>> >>>> I'm loving the new indices that Matriz, VFDC uploaded for births, >>>> marriages and deaths! >>>> >>>> Along those lines, I've been searching for the marriage record of my >>>> 2nd great grandparents, Manuel da Costa and Filomena da Conceicao (also >>>> known as Filomena Augusta). According to the birth record of their son >>>> Jose (first born of that name) from December 1864 at Matriz VFDC, the two >>>> of them were natives of Matriz and were married there (it says that). I >>>> also have the birth records of their twin daughters, Maria and Jacinta >>>> from >>>> 1869. >>>> >>>> I have searched high and low for their marriage record at Matriz >>>> before the indices came out. Now that the indices have been uploaded >>>> their >>>> marriage doesn't appear in it at all for any year. There is a Manuel da >>>> Costa and Filomena da Conceicao in the 1890's, but it can't be them. I >>>> also searched Sao Pedro.....no luck there either. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts on how I should approach this? Is it possible that it was >>>> just a civil ceremony? Wouldn't that have been frowned upon back then? >>>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Margaret M Vicente >> > -- 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.
