Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Response from CCA site regarding documents online

2011-02-18 Thread rcapodc
Teri, Thanks so much for sharing the info about the CCA site. It's been about 6 mos. since they stopped sharing the info. All we can do is hope that they will continue with the registos soon! It has been so great for all of us to be able to see the records online instead of going to the local FHC

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Response from CCA site regarding documents online

2011-02-18 Thread Cheri Mello
I do the same thing - periodically email them and butter them up and tell them what a great site they have and I look forward to more! Since Terri just became our wagon master, let's all jump on the train and send them some emails. CCA is: *drac@azores.gov.pt* At the very least, they will

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Catholic or Jewish Roots?

2011-02-18 Thread lori pacheco
Thank you everyone for your help. Very responsive and passionate group ! On Feb 17, 4:13 pm, bellema...@gmail.com wrote: I found this book on google From Iberia to Diaspora Studies in Sephardic   History and Culture by Yedida and Norman Stillman and you can read a   preview of it in English

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Viveiros and Farias b. 1880s to Fall River, Massachusetts

2011-02-18 Thread JEFFREY ENTIN
There were also Bernardo Farias in Fall River at that time. Try that. On Thu, Feb 17, 2011 at 3:13 PM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: Repost for Barbara T,onemst at yahoo dot com I admit that I am not as diligent as I should be in keeping up with the Azorean-Geneology web site but

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joseph Francis Brio or Braio

2011-02-18 Thread Marek Delacroix
Thank you Peter From: Peter Baldaia peter.bald...@gmail.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Fri, February 18, 2011 4:35:34 AM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joseph Francis Brio or Braio Dear Calvena De Avila Brazil (Marek Delacroix): Attached is the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joseph Francis Brio or Braio

2011-02-18 Thread Marek Delacroix
Thank you Edgar From: eric edgar noblankt...@gmail.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, February 17, 2011 11:24:06 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joseph Francis Brio or Braio Marek, I beleive Braio would be surname in Flores records. It's likely

[AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Information

2011-02-18 Thread Debra Wolgemuth
Cheri, I had my son's DNA analyzed through www.ancestry.com since he's my only male living relative. I have the results (Haplogroup H and more details), but what do you do with the information beyond that. Is there an Azorean group where we can see if we match? Debbie Wolgemuth

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Information

2011-02-18 Thread Cheri Mello
Debbie, It sounds as if you had your son's mitochondrial DNA tested. DNA on Ancestry is very, very loosely organized. I think either I started an Azores DNA group over there or Katherine Borges did. It probably has only 2 or 3 people in it. I'll call Katherine. When DNA started to benefit

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Response from CCA site regarding documents online

2011-02-18 Thread Ray Souza
I just sent them a thank you letter so I guess I'm on one the the lead wagons.huh ! --- On Fri, 2/18/11, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: From: Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Response from CCA site regarding documents online To: azores@googlegroups.com

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Viveiros and Farias b. 1880s to Fall River, Massachusetts

2011-02-18 Thread onemst
thanks..will do. Barbara T. --- On Fri, 2/18/11, JEFFREY ENTIN ten...@fullchannel.net wrote: From: JEFFREY ENTIN ten...@fullchannel.net Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Viveiros and Farias b. 1880s to Fall River, Massachusetts To: azores@googlegroups.com Date: Friday, February 18, 2011, 10:37

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?

2011-02-18 Thread Linda Norton
Correct me if I'm wrong, but there were Jewish people that came to the island to escape persecution so some of them are carrying the Jewish surname. I want to say Pimentel is one of them. There was a site I saw a few years back that actually showed each area of the island that were descendants

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] De Sousa, Borges, Carreiro Line

2011-02-18 Thread Linda Norton
Hermano, I thought you and I had Valentino Furtado as our common ancestor? I haven't researched the site on Borges, but do you have Borges as well? _ From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Hermano C. Pires Sent: Wednesday, February 16, 2011 2:26 AM

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?

2011-02-18 Thread Emacadi
Vila Franca is an old city near Lisbon. Vila Franca de Xira. According to -Nossa Senhora da Vida- 3rd Visconde de Botelho, that Vila Franca do Campo was named by Goncalo Vaz Botelho, one of the early colonizers in Sao Miguel. It is thought that he was born in the region of Vila Franca de