[AZORES-Genealogy] Under the Category of No Stone Left Unturned: San Mateo County Genealogical Society
In checking out my Azores ancestors, I came across instances of some of them living in San Mateo County, after moving to California. I found on the San Mateo County Genealogical Society Web Site, some indexes of births, marriages, and deaths, as well as collections of articles or some mention of Portuguese names and want to share. While there are not as many Portuguese as I expected, there are some in the databases and the search is easy to do, all in English. While the checking is free, if you want a copy of an article there is a charge, but is around five dollars. If you are fortunate enough to find someone in the death index, it is online free, but there are few of those. I have found a couple of things that I am going to order, so thought I would share: http://www.smcgs.org/ Example of Death Record: SILVA John J. 80yrs 1month 13days Pico, Azores Island 2/7/1908 San Mateo Widowed M White Cerebral Hemorrhage N. D. Morrison, MD St. John's, San Mateo 2-10-1908 James Crowe (Mortuary) Databases Available online: San Mateo County Birth Index San Mateo County Death Index San Mateo County Marriage Index San Mateo County Coroner's Index San Mateo County Deeds Index San Mateo County Obituaries Index SMC Sheriff's Office Booking Registers Index Clipping File Index Layng & Tinney Mortuary Files Index Professional Ledgers Index San Mateo Times Gazette Index Schellens Collection Index - San Mateo County Schellens Collection Index - San Francisco and Other San Mateo County Patent Books (One to Three) Index San Mateo County Miscellaneous Land Records Index Hope that someone finds something! Char --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more 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." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: LIMA, LEMA need Help!
Char (and others) , The American government changed the link. It's hard to keep up with these things. I'll ask Kathy Cardoza to change it on the Azores Genweb. The correct URL for the FOIA G-639 is: http://www.uscis.gov/files/form/g-639.pdf Cheri On Sun, May 3, 2009 at 4:36 PM, Family History wrote: > > Cheri > > I tried http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/g-639.htm > and it does not work. Anyone else have any luck? > > Char > > > > > -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more 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." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: LIMA, LEMA need Help!
Cheri I tried http://uscis.gov/graphics/formsfee/forms/g-639.htm and it does not work. Anyone else have any luck? Char --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more 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." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
Mary, It is possible the surname BENNETT is apart of BETTENCOURT. Need to show the surname from father BETTENCOURT to son BENNETT. I hope the following information helps with your research. Eugenia I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings on BETTENCOURT and found the following: Bettencourt - The name has a Armorial. Bettencourt - Change to Perdomo. Family name, origin, France. Information is from the book: James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield International, Tulare, CA., Vol. 5, 1993, page 225. History of the Bettencourt Family: In the battle of Agincourt, the English side lost about 100 men; the French lsot at least 7,000. Among the numerous French dead lay nearly the entire family of Bettencourt. The home, estate and manor of the Bethencourt family, in Picardy, France, in the region of Caux, not far from the site of the battle of Agincourt. The Family served as councillors to the King, bailiff of Amiens (Arms), and held other positions. Jean de Bethencourt (1360-1425), accompanied by two of his nephews, Henri and Maciot, and entered the service of Enrique III of Castille. Basing his claims on a papal grant of the Canary Islands to a Castillian Prince, Luiz de la Cerda, King Enrique had commissioned Bethencourt to conquer the inhabited islands and to govern them in the name of Castille. By 1402 Jean de Bethencourt, controlled the Canary Islands. He brought French families with him. He died at Grainville la Teinturière, France. Henry of Portugal, purchased the island of Lançarote from Maciot Bethencourt. Henry of Portugal, gave Maciot Bethencourt, property on the island of Madeira. Macoit Bethencourt, moved to Madeira, where he found the Portuguese Bettencourt lineage. Some of the Bettencourt family settle in the Azores. Henri Bethencourt, came to the Azores as the Avila Bettencourt family. Some of the family uses the name Avila. Archipelago of Madeira, Heads of Families: 1420-1450 shows the following Bettencourts: Gaspar de Bettencourt Henrique de Bettencourt Maciót de Bettencourt Bettencourt - Carlos Bettencourt Leça Faria, Director of the Mulemba Observatory near Luanda, Angola. Director Faria, was the first to detect the existence on orbit of the world's first man-made satellite, Sputnik I. Information is from the book: James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield International, Tulare, CA., Vol. 5, 1993, page 34-35, 113-116, 134. Bettencourt (Bettencut) - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in California. Information is from: Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 268 --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more 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." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story
In a message dated 5/2/2009 11:44:15 PM Eastern Daylight Time, chandler...@yahoo.com writes: > What does 'made his mark' by some of the names mean? Interesting... > Guida It means he was unable to write his name and made an X --~--~-~--~~~---~--~~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more 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." -~--~~~~--~~--~--~---
