Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] CCA site

2013-03-22 Thread Cheri Mello
They seem to be doing the councils in alphabetical order, so I would think that Vila Franca would be last. Unless they feel like jumping to Graciosa. Just because they feel like it. When I broke my leg in March of 2007 (hard to forget that one!), I was literally laid up on a couch with my leg el

[AZORES-Genealogy] CCA site

2013-03-22 Thread Dano
You're not far off. I'm not sure whether Ponta Delgada is completed yet. Ribeira Grande will probably be done after that, then Vila Franca do Campo. -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive.

[AZORES-Genealogy] CCA site

2013-03-22 Thread Pam Santos
Have they added any records from other islands or something??? They haven't added anything to Sao Miguel since Feb 18, at this rate Vila Franca do Campo will be online is 2 or 3 years lol -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confir

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese language class - Sacramento, CA

2013-03-22 Thread Pam Santos
That is too bad, I live in Southern Oregon. I think I still need to master my Spanish first, then on to a new language. On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 2:36 PM, wrote: > I have just been sent information to be posted on the Sacramento PHCS > website about their offering of a Portuguese language class. >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bischo/Bisho

2013-03-22 Thread Pam Santos
Not my couple. Jacintho Jose Medeiros (Bicho) was born in Vila Franca do Camp. his great grandparents were from Nossa Senhora da Luz, Ponte da Sol, Funchal, Madeira. Well either bug eye, smelling fish, or animal either way not a very appealing name lol On Fri, Mar 22, 2013 at 4:27 PM, joe m wrote

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bischo/Bisho

2013-03-22 Thread joe m
just happened to come across this site.*Rosa Emilia Jacintho was born in Santa Cruz, on the island of Flores, in the the Azores in May of 1859. She was the daughter of Antonio Jacintho Bicho and Maria deJesueAlmeda Bicho* On Thursday, March 21, 2013 8:33:09 PM UTC-4, Pam Santos wrote: > > Okay I

[AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese language class - Sacramento, CA

2013-03-22 Thread pico
I have just been sent information to be posted on the Sacramento PHCS website about their offering of a Portuguese language class.I have posted it here:http://www.sacramentophcs.com/ All the information is there. But you can also contact PHCS president Mary Ann Marshall (and list member here):Mary

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bischo/Bisho

2013-03-22 Thread eric edgar
The Lourenco Bixo family is found in Lajes, Flores records back to 1790. The Beigo surname is seem in the Santa Cruz , Flores records from the late 1700s to about 1860, and is not seen after that. Furtado Bicho appears in the 1850s in Santa Cruz, Flores Antonio Inacio Bicho of Santa Cruz marrie

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bischo/Bisho

2013-03-22 Thread Shirl Sereque
Hi!    Hyperthyroidism gives a person "buggy eyes". - Shirl -    So if someone was bug-eyed, I suppose they might be called Bicho by others.  Or that particular person had that eye disease, that bulge.  Whatever that word is for those buggy eyes. -- -- -- -- To unsubscribe from this gr

[AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Process

2013-03-22 Thread "E" Sharp
Hi List For anyone interested in the DNA process you will find this very interesting. It comes from Ireland. http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~spearin/btop.html "E" -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmat

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bischo/Bisho

2013-03-22 Thread Cakemom102
The word means animal. I looked up smelly fish and the translation was "Peixes funcionou". Mary Ann M. In a message dated 3/21/2013 5:33:10 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, pamsanto...@gmail.com writes: Okay I asked a fellow researcher awhile back and she said it meant smelly fish. Why wo

[AZORES-Genealogy] SATA air fares

2013-03-22 Thread "E" Sharp
Thought those of you travelling to the Azores might want to check these specials (some for specific dates) also check the senior fares (if you are one). *www.sata.pt* ** *Also might want to check this special - includes hotel: http://www.travpr.com/pr-22488-sata-airlines-offers-spring.html* ** *"E

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bischo/Bisho

2013-03-22 Thread Terri
My father and his sibllings have the same parents but a few of them have different or slightly different last names. There's Santos, dos Santos, Amaral, and Macaroco. I always heard that my uncle Jose Macaroco had a been registered with a nickname by his grandmother (who liked a drink or tw

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Cabral Family

2013-03-22 Thread mances
Hi Doug, First of all, I have to thank Cheri Mello. She found the baptism record for my ggrandfather Francisco Furtado [de Sousa] in Livramento. She opened up the doors for me! For my luck, the grandfather of my Francisco Furtado, José Furtado from Vila Franca do Campo, married in São Roque, wa