Hi Susan, Please go back and reread the previous response from me about the Gedcom.
If I'm browsing my Family Finder Matches, I'm going to click on the people who have trees (names and pictures are blocked out for privacy): [image: Inline image 1] Five out of 7 have trees. I'd start with those 5 and see what I can find out. The 2 without trees I'd pass up or maybe come back to later. So by not having a tree, your matches are ignoring you. This isn't just me. It the way people work their matches. Those who have trees get more contact and responses than those without. Cheri Mello, 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 Mon, Jan 29, 2018 at 5:33 PM, LeFevre13 <dsor...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thank you to everyone who has taken the time to reply to my post. Your > advice is greatly appreciated and I will follow up the online > possibilities. > Antonio De Souza is on my maternal side and sadly my Mother died 10 years > ago so there is no possibility of following DNA through her. Her first > cousin has tested and I will ask her to join the Azores DNA Project. Others > in the family have indicated they will also test but to date, this does not > seem to have happened. > I have not uploaded a Gedcom file to FamilyTreeDNA as I believe it would > not assist on this occasion. All the information I have about Antonio has > been obtained from records here in South Australia, his marriage, > naturalisation and death certificates. > His parents names and photos are purely oral family history from his > descendants here. Our family were very proud of Antonio's heritage and > stories abound and this is from a time where British migrants were the norm > and other nationalities were frowned upon. However, as with all family > stories not everything can be relied upon to be totally accurate. > Let's hope I am able to follow up on my dream and visit the Azores later > this year and with the online possibilities I am now aware of, fingers > crossed it will be a wonderful experience. > Cheer > Susan > > On Friday, 26 January 2018 03:30:54 UTC+10:30, LeFevre13 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.
