Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Rio de Janeiro on São Miguel?

2012-02-19 Thread Cheri Mello
Mary K, When you say that Rio de Janeiro was listed as the birth place...where did you see this listed? In his obituary? On something else? Also when you said you saw it arriving in Boston, you saw that on Ancestry.com? Can you list the specific date on that so those with Ancestry can take a lo

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Rio de Janeiro on São Miguel?

2012-02-19 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Interesting but I have never heard of a Rio de Janerio on Sao Miguel. In my data base I have 3 or 4 references to Rio de Janerio and have always thought it meant Rio de Janerio in Brazil. One of the records named a church there which I verified so I know that one is in Brazil. Another record just

[AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy São Miguel Spring Vacation April 2013

2012-02-19 Thread George Pacheco
Hello Everyone I'm thinking of Planning a Genealogical Genealogy Vacation say In Spring vacation in 2013 I have 3 of us going so far The Archives in Ponta Delgada, Monday To Saturday noon time Genealogy, I Figure we can tour the island Saturday and Sunday the Price i would have to check to see

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Rio de Janeiro on São Miguel?

2012-02-19 Thread bellemarco
Well, my grandmother's marriage record says she was born in Rio Janeira and for the life of me and Joao Ventura we have not been able to find her baptism record ca 1883-85. So this is interesting to me. Of course, her father's name is partially incorrect on the recordbut her mother's is

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rosa & Frank Smith

2012-02-19 Thread Kim Rowe
Deborah,   In regards to blood relation.  Rosa Smith was my great grandmothers sister.  Which would make Rosa Smith my grandmothers Aunt, and my Dad's Great Aunt and my Great, Great Aunt?  And Frank Smith would be my Great, Great Uncle by marriage.  And Rosa and Frank Smith's children my 3rd cou

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rosa & Frank Smith

2012-02-19 Thread Kim Rowe
What information did you want off of Rosa Smith's death certificate? Kim From: Deborah Keller47 To: Azores Genealogy Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 12:39 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rosa & Frank Smith Re: "So that is why Maria/Mary doesn't show up

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Norte Grande - impressions

2012-02-19 Thread joao ventura
Ary,  No problem with that. His name is António Pereira Teixeira.  João Ventura  Terceira From: "aryasan...@uol.com.br" To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, February 19, 2012 5:43 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Norte Grande - impressions Hi João

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Norte Grande - impressions

2012-02-19 Thread joao ventura
Slaves came from Africa, particularly from the Portuguese colonies. There are more slaves in the bigger islands: Terceira and São Miguel and in the richer families. I don't think there were the sort of abbuse towards slaves that we see on movies. Many times, the godparents of slaves are people i

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Norte Grande - impressions

2012-02-19 Thread joao ventura
The main reason for doing the genealogy of the whole village is trying to find leads on further research. Santo Amaro is a village where the marriage records don't go far back. Eventually in the applications to priesthood and dispensations some leads will be found. I have the same information f

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Norte Grande - impressions

2012-02-19 Thread rcapodc
Joao Thanks for the info on Norte Grande. It's so interesting to have found these insites in just Church records. Of course most of my people are from Santo Antoine! Rosemarie > After finishing the genealogy of Norte Grande, there are some impressions > of the village that I would like to share

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] The Voice - Pavao Portuguese?

2012-02-19 Thread Karlushko
By the way it means Peacock Karlushko - Itajai/SC/Brasil - New York/USA Pesquisando: Alemanha, Belgica, Brasil, Luxemburgo, Italia, Portugal, Açores, Espanha Agueda, Aguiar, André, Antunes, Arruda, Baptista, Beirao, Brasil, Bulcão, Cardoso, Correia, Costa, Dias, Dutra, Faria, Fernandes, Ferreira

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] The Voice - Pavao Portuguese?

2012-02-19 Thread Karlushko
And Pavan is Italian Karlushko - Itajai/SC/Brasil - New York/USA Pesquisando: Alemanha, Belgica, Brasil, Luxemburgo, Italia, Portugal, Açores, Espanha Agueda, Aguiar, André, Antunes, Arruda, Baptista, Beirao, Brasil, Bulcão, Cardoso, Correia, Costa, Dias, Dutra, Faria, Fernandes, Ferreira, Figue

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Norte Grande - impressions

2012-02-19 Thread Joao S. Lopes
I have ancestors in Norte Grande, but unfortunately I could'nt find many generations back in time. The family is PEREIRA DA LUZ, they came from Santo Amaro, where the records pre-1700 are lost. Another line was the couple Joao Machado de Souza and Ana de Sao Pedro, parents of Andre Jacinto (b.

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rosa & Frank Smith

2012-02-19 Thread Deborah Keller47
Re: "So that is why Maria/Mary doesn't show up under Frank & Rosa Smith's 1900 census." Maria was already married to M.T. Freitas by 1900 so she would not have shown up in Frank & Rosa's household. ~Deborah On Feb 17, 5:01 pm, Kim Rowe wrote: > Deborah, > > I would like to get the name of the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Rio de Janeiro on São Miguel?

2012-02-19 Thread m_kent
We've seen some references to a Rio de Janeiro -- possibly near Ponta Garça, São Miguel. This was listed as the birth place for my great grandfather, though I believe I found his baptism record in Ponta Garça. We also saw it listed as the place of origin (Rio de Janeiro, São Miguel) on a list of pa

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Norte Grande - impressions

2012-02-19 Thread m_kent
Thanks for providing this interesting background information. Where would the slaves have been from? Were slaves more common on some islands than others? Mary K On Feb 19, 12:16 pm, joao ventura wrote: > After finishing the genealogy of Norte Grande, there are some impressions of > the villag

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Norte Grande - impressions

2012-02-19 Thread aryasantos
Hi João Ventura,Thanks for your impressions on Norte Grande. Very interesting.I became very aroused by the last paragraqph of your message...Would you be kind enough to decline (to the List or to me only, exceptionally !...)who the grandfather was (his name)?.. I will leave this request up to y

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Norte Grande - impressions

2012-02-19 Thread kmh4sch
Thank you for posting your impressions of the community. This background info adds so much to just birth,death and marriage dates. Sent from my iPhone On Feb 19, 2012, at 9:16 AM, joao ventura wrote: > After finishing the genealogy of Norte Grande, there are some impressions of > the village

[AZORES-Genealogy] Norte Grande - impressions

2012-02-19 Thread joao ventura
After finishing the genealogy of Norte Grande, there are some impressions of the village that I would like to share with the list.  There are two independent communities: Norte Grande and Santo António. It is like two different villages, who share a common church. The richer people live in Nort

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] unknown father (applications to priesthood)

2012-02-19 Thread joao ventura
John,  The unknown fathers usually were those that had "somthing to loose". Their were either married or belonged to richer families and seduced the naïve girls. So it is common for descendants of unknown fathers to have "another famiy" that they know nothing about.  I consider single mothers

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores website

2012-02-19 Thread Cheri Mello
I launched IE (Internet Explorer) and it looks like the site was crawled all the way up to the images, but not the images. Rats, rats, rats. I thought I had a work around. If it makes anyone feel any better, my email to the CCA had that "postmaster will try to deliver for 3 more daysdo not r

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FTDNA Site Change

2012-02-19 Thread Cheri Mello
Rick and other FTDNA testees, FTDNA is going to do away with "paternal" and "maternal" Gedcoms and you'll just post one that has both sides. A lot of people went ahead and did that anyways, as carving out each side can be a bit of a pain. Cheri On Sat, Feb 18, 2012 at 7:49 PM, Richard Francis P

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: reading Maria Furtada's birth record do I have her father's name correct?

2012-02-19 Thread Margaret Vicente
Hello Suzanne, The way it reads to me is: Joam Hienes o Seco. I would look for other records 1 to 2 years before or after to find other children but 1) Hienes is probably Enos and 2) o Seco means it is a nickname not a surname. For example Joam Enos "the dry one". Margaret Vicente On Sat,