[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Maker

2013-01-05 Thread want2beunique
Not specific to the Azores, but a handy tip I recently came across for those using Family Tree Maker and synchronizing with Ancestry.com. I mainly use it to have a copy of my ancestry.com tree, sources and media on a local system where I control the data. Yes, I'm afraid of "clouds" ;-) To en

[AZORES-Genealogy] Vasconcellos - DNA match

2012-08-10 Thread want2beunique
Got my FamilyTreeDNA results tonight. One 2nd Cousin from the Hickman side of the family. Looks like they may live close too. Also got a 5th cousin hit on John Vasconcellos. Now I need to read up on how this DNA stuff works ;-) How realistic is it to find a link in the 5th cousin realm? Bi

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Vasconcellos or Vasconcelos from Guadalupe, Graciosa, Azores

2011-10-29 Thread want2beunique
My father was Joao Vitorino > Vasconcelos from Lomba, Flores who immigated to the US and eventually > settled in the Fresno, California area. I was born in Fresno but now > live in the Los Angeles area. Keep in touch >  Regards, > (cousin?) John Vasconcelos > > On 10/23/11, w

[AZORES-Genealogy] Vasconcellos or Vasconcelos from Guadalupe, Graciosa, Azores

2011-10-23 Thread want2beunique
I'm trying to find information on my family's ancestry back to the Azores. My grandfather is generation 1 (William Vasconcellos). Seems that they came over as "Vasconcellos" (two L's), but other spelling seems to indicate on "L". For the US side of the family, I have two and the Azores side has