[AZORES-Genealogy] GRACIOSA, Azores, Family

2013-12-22 Thread Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
Hi! Does anyone have anything about these? Someone gave me the data. Yet I think some of the names and dates are not vey accurate! 1. Manuel de Sousa Colaço (José de4, Manuel3, Manuel2, António1) was born on Dec. 11, 1799 in Luz, Santa Cruz da Graciosa, Graciosa, Açores and died Before 1868.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Putting our research on Ancestry

2013-12-22 Thread Leonard Silva
Are you sure that there is not something in the date of death field for your family member? On Saturday, December 21, 2013 5:14:36 PM UTC-5, E Sharp wrote: Marcia, Re No. 2 you noted - I have a family member who is living and is listed on an Ancestry Public tree by name...not Living as it

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Santa Barbara cemetery in Povoacao

2013-12-22 Thread Shirley Allegre
Which da Ponte are you looking for in Povoacao? I have a da Ponte from Ponta Garca. Shirley in CA - Original Message - From: Ricardo Chaves To: Azores Geneolagy Sent: Saturday, December 21, 2013 6:25 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Santa Barbara cemetery in Povoacao

[AZORES-Genealogy] Paleography and Handwriting

2013-12-22 Thread Cheri Mello
Many times we lament at how hard it is to read the Portuguese handwriting. It's not that it's in Portuguese. It's the script of the time period. I was watching TV today, and something came up on George Washington. I did a quick Internet search to find out more. Then I tripped across his

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Paleography and Handwriting

2013-12-22 Thread Shirl Sereque
Interesting article on signatures.  Is that one Grover Ross?  At that time there were two ways to write s and one looked like f but with the line only going on the left side, and not through to the right.  I think that's what Washington did when he wrote his surname. - Shirl -

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Paleography and Handwriting

2013-12-22 Thread Sam Koester
Cheri;  They write like I do!   From: Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com To: Azores Genealogy Azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Sunday, December 22, 2013 6:59 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Paleography and Handwriting Many times we lament at how hard it is to read

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Paleography and Handwriting

2013-12-22 Thread Pam Santos
There is this one priest who writes beautiful and I can read anything he writes. I always say to myself if only they were all in his writing lol On Sun, Dec 22, 2013 at 6:12 PM, Sam Koester aportu...@yahoo.com wrote: Cheri; They write like I do! [image: *8-} silly]