LeFevre13, Many of us who have done research for many years can locate a likely baptism for an Antonio born in 1842 in almost all the freguesias of Sao Miguel and it will seem to fit. Antonio and Souza are very common names. Why Faja de Cima? You don't want to be barking up the wrong tree.
Since your email is unsigned and I don't know who I'm really talking to, I can only tell you that the Azores DNA Project has 2 kits registered to your email address. You mention 3 have taken a test. Can you join the 3rd person to the Azores DNA Project? Neither of the kits had a Gedcom uploaded to it, so your matches can't see your tree and where your Azorean ancestor is. They will scroll past you and go to the next match who has a tree. I was able to figure out the father on two of the kits and activated the Parental Matching. You'll have to override what is there when you upload a Gedcom. If the help screens for Parental Matching make no sense, just email me directly at gfscherim at gmail.com with the kit numbers and I'll reactivate your Parental Matching. You don't want to research while you are there. Sao Miguel's records are online from 1905 going back to the beginning (or what exists from the beginning). You are in the 1800s and that is online. If you went to the archive, they would sit you down in front of a computer, which you could do at home. Many of us on this list are a few generations removed from our immigrant ancestor. We had to learn to bumble our way through the records. You need to learn the format of the records of the time period (yours would be the 2nd time period) and a few key words and you can do it. Here's a guide with the time periods, the format, and key words in the records: https://goo.gl/TkFjWX The records are on the CCA. Use Tombo.pt to access the records. You can navigate in English. Click on the British flag in the upper right corner, then go to the left column and type "Faja de Cima" and all the records that the CCA has on Faja de Cima will come up on one screen. Use the guide above to help you with the format and key words. Hope this helps! Cheri Mello, Listowner and Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer) Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Thu, Jan 25, 2018 at 2:00 AM, LeFevre13 <dsor...@gmail.com> wrote: > My GG Grandfather was Antonio De Souza. A family member visited Sao Miguel > in 1999 and located a likely baptism for Antonio in 1842 from the Parish of > Faja De Cima with his parents shown as Manuel De Souza and Marianna de > Jezus. The names of these parents and the date of his birth all seem to > match my oral family history. Antonio left the Azores as a young man and > settled in Adelaide, South Australia where he married, fathered several > children and sadly died in 1887 as a result of a work injury. I have photos > of Antonio's parents. My brother, my cousin and I have undertaken DNA > testing with FamilyTreeDNA but so far no one has been a good match. I am > hoping to visit Sao Miguel later this year and I would like to find out as > much as possible before my trip so I can visit places of family interest. > Researching while visiting there would be difficult as I do not speak or > read the Portuguese language. I would be very grateful if anyone can > suggest possible areas to research for this family in advance. > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
