Until a few days ago I was stuck at only knowing my great-gparents' names and vaguely where they came from and relevant birth and death dates. With the help of people on this list, I now I have the names all the way back to my g-g-g-great gparents thanks to the Azores baptismos and marriage records. I found the baptismos and marriage record of the great grandparents. I found what is likely the marriage record of the parents of my great-grandfather. Given the age at marriage, I can guess what year to look for baptismos. However, I have reached a point where I can't read the records, the writing is too faded or the pages are mostly destroyed or the format completely changed. I know there has to be some way to continue but I don't quite know that that is short of hiring a professional and as much as I would like to, I can't afford that. Maybe someone can point me in a direction to look?
What I know- Manuel Duarte Silva (b. Sept 9 1887 d. 1946) married Conceicao Cabral Medeiros (b. Aug-28-1884 d. Nov 11 1960), they were married in 1908 in Sao Miguel. I have found both baptismos and the marriage record. Manuel's parents were Manuel Duarte Silva and Anna da Conceicao (So previous Manuel is Manuel Jr.? I thought this didn't happen?) I found a marriage record for them dated 1886. I believe it says that they were both 26, so that puts birth around 1860? They had two other children- Jose Duarte Silva and Mary Duarte Silva (I know nothing about these two). Manuel Sr.'s parents were Jose Duarte Jr and Rosa da Silva, Anna da Conceicao's parents were Joao Pacheco and Rosa Pacheco. Conceicao Cabral Medeiros's parents were Jose Ignacio Medeiros and Anna Cabral. (I found a marriage record from 1878 that may be them, but the names are wrong. Looks like it says Jose Ignacio Medeiros and Anna Rosa da Jesus, but the parents listed for them match the grandparents listed on Conceicao's baptismo? Maybe I'm reading names wrong? It's no 30- bottom right-- http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-ACHADA-C-1870-1879/SMG-ND-ACHADA-C-1870-1879_item1/P89.html) Jose 's parents were Manuel Ignacio de Medeiros and Maria Francisca, Anna Cabral's parents were Joao Cabral de Pimentel and Ludovina do Amor Divino. I guess I can look through obitos from Achada and Santana to see if I find relevant people, but what else can I do? Thanks Nicole R -- 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.
