[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Is CCA site down?

2013-04-30 Thread Cindy D
Wasn't sure where to post this, so I'm piggy-backing to this topic. For the life of me, I've never been able to get the CCA site open. I try now and then and eventually give up. I've used links, typed it in myself, copy n' pasted, loaded Google Chrome, left AOL and used IE, etc

[AZORES-Genealogy] Earthquake - Azores - East of Ponta Delgada

2013-04-30 Thread Doris Mello
5.9 earthquake, 18 miles east of Ponta Delgada, 4-30-13 6:25:23 UTC I don't know any more info at this time... Doris http://earthquake.usgs.gov/earthquakes/map/ Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode,

[AZORES-Genealogy] 5.9 Furnas-Ponta Delgada, Portugal EARTHQUAKE, April 30, 2013 06:25:23

2013-04-30 Thread Doris Mello
More info... http://www.friendlyforecast.com/earthquake/2013/04/5-9-furnas-ponta-delgada-portugal-earthquake-april-30-2013-06-25-23/ Sent from my Verizon Wireless 4G LTE DROID -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account

[AZORES-Genealogy] MEDEIROS and MOURA

2013-04-30 Thread Betty
Hi Eric, Sorry, I thought I corrected myself before I clicked .Post. but I guess I didn't. And thank you for the Cambridge Directories. As I mentioned before, Felix MEDEIROS fathered his youngest child in 1895 and Mary was a widow in 1900. So, seeing him in 1893 and not in 1903 matches up

[AZORES-Genealogy] Cambridge, MA (US) and PACHECO

2013-04-30 Thread Betty
Hi again, I wanted to mention a few miscellaneous things. It was mentioned on the MA/US List at www.rootsweb.com this week that the Family Probate Records for the Courts in MA are now on-line. For my own family-tree, I went to the site and tried the HUTCHINSON name, but I soon found out,

[AZORES-Genealogy] How Much did it Cost ~1900 ? (PACHECO)

2013-04-30 Thread Betty
Hi again, About 6-7 yrs. ago, I had done a lot of research on my husband's grandparents, and I had enough pieces of information to type up an informal report on them. I sent a copy to his siblings and aunts. Because I am now helping the cousin, I pulled out my old report to find a .date. for

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Is CCA site down?

2013-04-30 Thread chris murray
im the same I can never work it out, thought it may have to do with me living outside the country,  some things just don't work in Australia From: Cindy D kcci...@aol.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, 1 May 2013 12:47 AM Subject:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] How Much did it Cost ~1900 ? (PACHECO)

2013-04-30 Thread Cheri Mello
Betty near Lowell, Here's one link: http://www.rollintl.com/roll/emigration.htm The other link says $35 to $50, but it no longer works. To convert $35 or $50 (USD) to today's currency, try this: http://www.xe.com/currencyconverter/ Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Is CCA site down?

2013-04-30 Thread Cheri Mello
The CCA works with Firefox, IE, and Chrome. I don't know what else. My dad called last month and couldn't open his blah-blah Web site. I had him clear his cache and cookies. You can google: clearing cache and cookies on IE...or clearing cache and cookies on Firefox (or whatever you use) and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] 2nd extension: Family Tree DNA sale now extended to Tuesday, April 30, 11:59 pm CDT

2013-04-30 Thread Cheri Mello
Today (Tuesday) is the last day to order. (11:59pm CDT = GMT - 5). Azores: goo.gl/zVDos Madeira: goo.gl/t68oL Cheri Mello FTDNA Admin -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] How Much did it Cost ~1900 ? (PACHECO)

2013-04-30 Thread rondo ranch
Betty, I have family in hte Lowell area. We have a lot of lost years of history in this community. Where would be the best place to locate a newspaper article about an indutrial accident that claimed the life of one of my grand uncles? This accident happened around 12/20/1906. Doreen Caetano

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rapozo, Teixeira, Furtado, Cabral, Caldeira from Agua Retorta, Sao Miguel island

2013-04-30 Thread bsei2816
I am interested in a possible connection to Maria de Jesus Teixeira named in your post. I have heard from family members in the past that my grandmother, Felicidade Teixeira, was born to Manuel and Emilia Rosa Teixeira who were both from Agua Retorta. Felicidade's mother died when she was

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rapozo, Teixeira, Furtado, Cabral, Caldeira from Agua Retorta, Sao Miguel island

2013-04-30 Thread Altino Demelo
Hi Bill, Ria is my cousin. The couple she mentioned are also my great grandparents. I just needed to clarify some of the info about this couple though. José Raposo de Medeiros was Married to Rosa Amalia de Jesus Teixeira. (m. 17 Feb 1890 in São Jorge, Nordeste, São Miguel) both were born and

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Manuel Silveira Belo and Joana Dias de Borba

2013-04-30 Thread TheAussieRod
Hi, I do. They are from my family. What would you want to know? They had a son named Antonio Silveira Belo that married Rita Inácia de Ávila in 14 September 1812, in Ribeira Seca, Calheta, S. Jorge. I got more to present, if you like... Hope was helpfull, Cheers Domingo, 13 de Janeiro de 2008

[AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for AMARANTE, MACHADO, AZEVEDO, BETTENCOURT, SILVEIRA, in Velas, S. Jorge

2013-04-30 Thread TheAussieRod
Hi, I am tracing my ancestry, and I got somwhere near 1800s. The surnames are very common in Velas, and the title Dona for the laddies suggest they were somehow important, so maybe I can fit them into some existent geneology. These are the names and aproximate dates: D. Josefa Victoria de

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for AMARANTE, MACHADO, AZEVEDO, BETTENCOURT, SILVEIRA, in Velas, S. Jorge

2013-04-30 Thread pico
Rod,Amarante is often associated with ladies using the "dona" title.Look on the CCA website for the manuscript for Genealogias da ilha de S. Jorge and you will find other older generations of Amarante.You still have at least 50-100 years of records you can search on your own and hopefully you can

[AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Cousins from different lines show any match

2013-04-30 Thread E Sharp
We just mailed my husband's paternal line DNA kit back. A question, will he show any kind of relationship/match at all to his cousin who did the DNA kit for us from his maternal line? E -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Cousins from different lines show any match

2013-04-30 Thread Cheri Mello
Elaine, If you husband did a Y-DNA test, it will pick up his father's father's father's line only. So his father Sharp, Grandpa Sharp, Great-Gpa Sharp, etc. Unless, this cousin is a Sharp on his other side, no it won't show a relationship. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Cousins from different lines show any match

2013-04-30 Thread E. Sharp
Cheri, Somehow I knew you were going to say that but I just didn't want to hear it. Maybe someday they will figure this out too. E Elaine, If you husband did a Y-DNA test, it will pick up his father's father's father's line only. So his father Sharp, Grandpa Sharp, Great-Gpa Sharp, etc.