I could be wrong, but I thought there was an important work published on the families of Graciosa. You should ask Joao Ventura about that.
JR On Friday, September 26, 2014 9:10:03 PM UTC-4, John Athayde wrote: > > I’m also seeing lots of names and I believe that many of these families > would tack 4 or 5 together. I’ve got my great-great grandmother (D. > Adeliade Isable de Athaíde do Conde) listed as just Athaide, Ataide, Conde, > and sometimes both. In many cases the Athayde name passed down on the > mothers side to my ancestor. > > I’ve found many of those same names (Espinola, Miranda, da Cota, dde > Sousa) and some like de Quadros, Alvares, de Vilalobos. I’ve gotten back > from Catarina De Ataíde two more generations to Maria Rebelo de Ataíde (d > 20 Apr 1700) but the line stops there. I had João Ventura looking into it, > but there’s some records missing online as of the last time he looked and > we’re not able to track the name (Ataíde) to the mainland yet. > > Based on your experience, I feel that I may be losing more hair in the > near future as I try to dig deeper! :) > > Thanks Lee! > > Cheers > J > > On Sep 26, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Lee <shor...@suddenlink.net <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > JR and John Athayde- > > > > The ancestors of Joao Correa de Mendoca have/making me literally > insane...lol > > > > JR, you mentioned manoel Pereira Maia/Maya. If he's the one who married > maria de Conde do Rozario daughter of manoel de zoned Pais and Maria de > Mendoca he is one of my cousins direct ancestors as well through their > daughter Maris Josefa d Conde who married Mathias Jose Dornellas on May 3 , > 1773 in Luz. I count the surnames of Bettencourt at least 11 times, de > Conde at least 11 times, Athayde 3 times and others such as Mendonca, > Hortins (Ortins), Novais, Vaz Sodre (not sure if that is two separate > names), de Aviz, Pais/Pays, Souza, Camara, Gonsalves, Siro, Correa, > Miranda, Picano, Botelho, Espinola, Fernandes, Maia/Maya, Deiro, Avila, > Melo, Medina, Dornellas, Pereira, Luz, Furtada, Grinde, Alvarez, Codts and > Netta so far. > > > > I think I'll type a list like Eliseu did,that will help clear things up. > > > > Also, JR you asked about which Joao de Conde Nadine is descended from - > thee aware actually two in her line: > > > > The Joao de Conde who a,arrived Dona. Aria from Praia and the is Joao de > Conde Pais/Pays born about 2658 who married Maria de Novais de Eyre (Deiro) > born about 1659 - he died April 20, 1739 and was the child of Manoel de > Conde Sodre and Aba Go Salves and she Maris de Novais died December 12, > 1739 and was the child of Manoel Dornellas da Camara and Catherina Novais > de Eyre (Deiro). > > > > Sorry for the long post, it's just this family is so complicated, the > same names over and over in some cases. > > > > Lee > > > > -- > > 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:>. > > 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.