[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azorean names in Cambridge, MA, USA

2011-10-06 Thread Katharine
A lot of Flores folks gravitate to Stoughton, Mass., to this day! Katharine. -- 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 (vac

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] ERNESTO FURTADO

2011-10-06 Thread Linda Norton
My grandfather Antonio Furtado came over on the US Cretic in 10/30/20 from Sao Miguel, but I have Boston not NY. My father told me that his father's brother had come in earlier Joaquim Furtado maybe 1912 from Sao Miguel not sure what ship. I don't have Ernesto Furtado that I know of on my lines

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azorean names in Cambridge, MA, USA

2011-10-06 Thread Linda Norton
Cambridge has a lot of specialty stores as well; Fernandes (for their marinated pork - ?trejume) and Atomic both on Cambridge Street. One great restaurant in Cambridge is Sunset Café and love the breakfast place on Bow St., Somerville. The Borges family owns it and always wondered if it was related

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azorean names in Cambridge, MA, USA

2011-10-06 Thread Linda Norton
Hi Yvonne, Sorry we haven't been in touch, but yes most Santa Maria people ended in Hudson, Ludlow and Sao Miguel ended in Fall River, New Bedford, Cambridge and Somerville. There are a lot of people in South Peabody are from Graciosa, Lisboa, I would say more of mix there, too. Linda Borges Furt

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MA death after 1917

2011-10-06 Thread "E" Sharp
Rick, My my brother and sister died in the 1920's before I was even born, my parents could not afford a stone. A few years ago, my siblings and I decided to have stones put on their gravesite. They had markers with numbers on them and my husband had to dig with his pocket knife to find where th

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azorean names in Cambridge, MA, USA

2011-10-06 Thread Diane Lavely
My great grandparents - - Jose M. Soares and Maria Joaquina (???) Soares lived in Somerville, on Columbia St. Anyone make any connections?? Diane On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 9:36 AM, Shirley Allegre wrote: > Hi Everyone: I just have to mention that my maternal grandfather, Joe De > Mello added on P

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: DRAC link down

2011-10-06 Thread Cheri Mello
They have not answered me. Cheri -- 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 an

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] ERNESTO FURTADO

2011-10-06 Thread Cheri Mello
Carmen, You searched for him how? If you went down the list of names looking for Ernesto, did you ignore names like Ernesto Furtado da Costa? Or Ernesto da Costa Furtado? Don't ignore it if was compounded. Are you pretty comfortable reading the records? If not, did you ignore the names you can

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] MA death after 1917

2011-10-06 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
It could be that the family could not afford a grave stone at the time. In walking through many cemeteries' I have seen many of graves that are only marked with a small marker indicating that someone is buried there. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Spring, TX Formerly of Epping, New Hampshi

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: It is the 1st of the month - back up your genealogy fi...

2011-10-06 Thread Shirley Allegre
I use PAF. I just go to File, then down to backup. Shirley in CA - Original Message - From: Cheri Mello To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Thursday, October 06, 2011 9:29 AM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: It is the 1st of the month - back up your genealogy fi... Lorra

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: First, middle names for Azorean people

2011-10-06 Thread Shirley Allegre
My husband has an ancestor called Manoel seis dados = Manuel six fingers. So now I know why one of my children was born with an extra thumb. Shirley in CA - Original Message - From: "Dano" To: "Azores Genealogy" Sent: Wednesday, October 05, 2011 8:49 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: ERNESTO FURTADO

2011-10-06 Thread "E" Sharp
Carmen, I recently researched 2 Passportes and did not find either of them coming out of Sao Miguel. Not sure why they do not show up. I was told by a local researcher to go back about 6 weeks and you have done more than that as I did and I still did not find them either. "E" -- To unsubscrib

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azorean names in Cambridge, MA, USA

2011-10-06 Thread Shirley Allegre
Hi Everyone: I just have to mention that my maternal grandfather, Joe De Mello added on PINE in 1915. So in my genealogy program I have five JOE DE MELLO PINEs. Thank God my grandfather's uncle Joe Mello didn't add Pine as well. Shirley in CA - Original Message - From: "yvonne domin

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: It is the 1st of the month - back up your genealogy fi...

2011-10-06 Thread Cheri Mello
Lorraine, I would need to know what genealogy program you are using, but all genealogy programs start with File then Export and they usually walk you through it. Cheri On Thu, Oct 6, 2011 at 8:04 AM, Lorraine wrote: > OK, I'm new to this. How do you back up your genealogy files? > Lorraine >

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: First, middle names for Azorean people

2011-10-06 Thread Dano
As a person with 14 ancestors named Manoel de Paiva I would also like an answer to that question, Denis. Seriously, Azoreans did try to deal with that question. One way was to use Maria, Manoel (or, whatever) as a middle name, as you mentioned. Another way was, believe it or not, to use a different

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] First, middle names for Azorean people

2011-10-06 Thread eric edgar
A Portuguese nickname is an *alcunha *. They could be descriptive of the person, the occupation or residence. If it ws a child with the same name as father or close relative it could be *Mancebo- *younger eric edgar On Wed, Oct 5, 2011 at 4:03 PM, celeste perry wrote: > Denis, >I believe

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: It is the 1st of the month - back up your genealogy fi...

2011-10-06 Thread Lorraine
OK, I'm new to this. How do you back up your genealogy files? Lorraine On Oct 1, 9:25 am, netadosaco...@aol.com wrote: > Done !!!  : ) > > In a message dated 10/1/2011 6:49:24 A.M. Mountain Daylight Time,   > > gfsche...@gmail.com writes: > > It is  the first of the month.  Genealogy files need t

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] MA death after 1917

2011-10-06 Thread TheMOM8682
A great grandfather committed suicide (in CA) in 1912 and he is buried in the Catholic cemetery with other family members but with no grave marker. In a message dated 10/4/2011 10:02:24 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, bellema...@gmail.com writes: Any ideas of how to find a death in MA, probab

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: ERNESTO FURTADO

2011-10-06 Thread Dano
My advice would be to continue to work backwards from 1907, as Ernesto may have traveled to the US, or, other places, prior to the year he immigrated. I encountered a similar circumstance while researching my grandfather's adventures. No one ever told me that he'd traveled to the US on three separa

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] cafua vila franca

2011-10-06 Thread John Raposo
Ahnentafel Chart for Palmira Augusta dos Santos Cafua First Generation   1.Palmira Augusta dos Santos Cafua  was born on 30 Mar 1918 in Faial. She died in 2006 in Matriz-Vila Franca do Camo. Palmira married Nicolau Jacinto Bolarinho  son of João Jacinto Bolarinho and Maria de Jesus. Nicolau wa

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] First, middle names for Azorean people

2011-10-06 Thread John Raposo
In the parish registers in the 18th century it was not uncommon to add the person's profession to the last name (without commas) in order to distinguish António Carvalho Alfaiate from António Cavalho Pedreiro and António Carvalho Serralheiro, all living in the same village in the same time perio