Cheri, Sorry to bother you, but I am searching the site and my records have some of my family in Almagreira (Lajes de Pico) on the island of Santa Maria, which I don't see on the site. Any ideas?
Thanks for your help. ~Kristie On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Kristie Scherm <kscherm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cheri, > Thanks so much, I at least have a starting point. I will work it from > there. > > Have a great day! > > ~Kristie > > On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Hi Kristie S, >> >> To begin researching in the Azores, you need to know who is from which >> island and which freguesia (fregh (rhymes with Greg) - Z -ah - village) >> that they are from. Everything in Europe is organized on the town/village >> level. >> >> For the islands of Pico and Faial, there are finding aids. You must use >> the modern Portuguese spelling. >> >> Mary Rose would be Maria da Rosa. Manuel Rose would be Manuel da Rosa. >> Isabella Soares is Isabela or Isabel Soares. I've never seen Treza,but I >> don't research those islands. >> >> Lauriana Rose Simas Rose Ormond is a problem. She might be Lauriana Rosa >> Simas da Rosa Ormonde, but there seems too be too many Rosas in there. De >> Brum has a space. >> >> This site, with the acronym of CITCEM is missing one freguesia on Faial, >> but I *think* it has all of Pico, but I'm not sure. The Pico researchers >> will chime in. You will find a Manuel da Rosa in every single freguesia. By >> using the wife's names (Isabela Soares and Maria de Brum) will help, but >> you'll have to double check to be sure that they are ONLY couple on that >> whole island with that name combination. >> >> CITCEM is here: http://www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt/genealogias.html >> Start with the first freguesia on Pico (Concelho de Madalena). Click >> that, next screen, scroll down and click the arrow, next screen click the >> British flag to navigate in English. Keep working you way down, collecting >> all the Manuel da Rosas married to Isabela Soares and Maria de Brum. >> >> This needle in the haystack method (even with a PARTIAL index) will be >> rather daunting. You should do more U.S. research by using censuses (for >> immigration year), obituaries, WWI Draft, naturalizations, etc, etc. A >> how-to can be found on the Azores GenWeb here: https://goo.gl/dGG4Ar >> >> Good luck, Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> >> -- >> 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.
