Thank you kindly for your response. Makes sense that further research would have already been done.
I have never heard of: Nobiliario de Familias de Portugal (Gaio) How does one get their hands on that? Ideally a pdf? On Aug 31, 2015 7:01 AM, "'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy" < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Some of those mainland connections are documented in Frutuoso (like the > Velho Cabrals). In Rodrigo Rodrigues and in Forjaz (*Genealogias da Ilha > Terceira*) whenever the lineage of an early settler can be traced back to > the mainland, Rodrigues and Forjaz have not only outlined these connections > but also list sources, e.g. *Nobiliario de Familias de Portugal *(Gaio), > etc. If Rodrigues and Forjaz do not have those connections, then it > probably means that they have never been discovered (and probably never > will be). Keep in mind that Gaio and Frutuoso are not infallible; they have > made some mistakes with these older lineages. > > I hope this helps. > > John Miranda Raposo > > > > On Sunday, August 30, 2015 8:27 PM, Manita M <manita.morg...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > Here is a question for those of you who have been able to research as far > back to an *original settler of Sao Miguel*. I have a few branches on my > tree where I have an original settler by way of connecting my ancestors to > *RR's > book* on Sao Miguel. > > *How do you now take the leap from Sao Miguel, Azores to the mainland?* > > What do I need to do? What advice would you give? > > Now having said all that, because I have connected to the original > settlers via RR's book, it begs another question that may negate my > question above to a certain extent: *because we know some of the original > settlers via RR's book, I would suspect that the research of figuring out > where those people came from before arriving in Sao Miguel has already been > done. No? How does one go about finding the records prior to arriving in > Sao Miguel?* > > Looking forward to your guidance and thoughts on this. > > Thank you! > -- > 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. > > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
