Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for SILVEIRA, FARIA (as well as Azevedo and Martins)

2014-01-01 Thread Deb McCabe
Hi Cheri,   I appreciate the group's guidance and the link.  I did do some work prior to writing, such as:   Looked on Ancestry, Family Search and Google records for daughter Louise's birth c. 1871 in Rhode Island and CA (both listed on census records). No luck.  Need to identify how to access ot

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for SILVEIRA, FARIA (as well as Azevedo and Martins)

2014-01-01 Thread Janet Terry
There were a lot of Faria's in Santa Clara, Santa Clara County, California. Also see as spelled "Freria" in 1920 census. On Dec 31, 2013 3:28 PM, "Deb McCabe" wrote: > > Happy New Year's Eve everyone. I am hoping someone will recognize these names and help me fill in some blanks. > > Looking f

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Starting the search of my ancestors

2014-01-01 Thread Isabella Baltar
Jeff, I just saw your post talking about the origin of your family ancestors in RGS, Brazil. As you mentioned in your email, lots of Portuguese immigrated to different places in Brazil and the south was one of them. Many of them immigrated to RGS and adjacent areas in the second half of the XVI

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with Translation

2014-01-01 Thread kgarry
Thank you so much!! That really helps. Thanks Krystal On Wednesday, January 1, 2014 5:00:47 PM UTC-5, Hermano C. Pires wrote: > Krystal, > Quickly here is what I see > She married Joao Borges in Furnas on November 11, 1917 > Joao died (Furnas) on August 4 1967 > And she died (Furnas) Janua

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with Translation

2014-01-01 Thread Hermano C. Pires
Krystal, Quickly here is what I see She married Joao Borges in Furnas on November 11, 1917 Joao died (Furnas) on August 4 1967 And she died (Furnas) January 27, 1970 Hope that helps. Happy New Year Date: Wed, 1 Jan 2014 13:28:54 -0800 From: kga...@rogers.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for SILVEIRA, FARIA (as well as Azevedo and Martins)

2014-01-01 Thread luiznoia .
Deb, The Alameda county death record shows Mary ( S or L) Silveria, 65 years old ,widowed, born Azores, died 4 May 1902 of pneumonia. She is buried at St Mary's cemetery in Oakland on 6 May 1902 Section 1 spaces 15-6-6 from St Joseph's parish Oakland The middle initial on the county record is d

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA for grandma (offshoot from my Hawaiian Marriages email from earlier in the month

2014-01-01 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Hi Eric, I am not sure you got an answer but if you go to the site and log on with your grandmothers Kit number and password. Once you are logged on click the blue bar "Projects" and then "Join". you can then join the group by looking under the letter "A" in "DUAL (Y-DNA and mtDNA) GEOGRAPHICA

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Portuguese Circus

2014-01-01 Thread Susan Vargas Murphy
Hi Kathy, I think you might be talking about Circus Vargas? In case anyone is interested I do know a little about it:) It was originally a circus called Miller and Johnson and my father's first cousin, Clifford Vargas, worked his way up in that circus and eventually owned it and renamed it Cir

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: A brick wall smashed - my own genealogy success story

2014-01-01 Thread Susan Vargas Murphy
Hi Andy….Such a wonderful story! I can relate so much as I also have been on this Azorean research road for such a long time…..with such a similar story. I would not give up the experiences of going to the Biblioteca and experiencing such joy as the realization that this work COULD be done….fo

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Vieira Galvao

2014-01-01 Thread mances
The Domingos Vaz Vieira's filiation is proved by notarial documents, mostly a legal document from 1629 in Achadinha. See RR, c. 24 - 1: "4 - Domingos Vaz Vieira, da Achadinha que em 1629 justificou a sua filiação e ascendência, por onde provou ser o parente mais próximo de Maria da Costa (Cap.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation help please - Sao Roque, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel

2014-01-01 Thread Lee
Thank you, Manoel! 2014 is starting out great.. On Wednesday, January 1, 2014 10:24:48 AM UTC-5, mances wrote: > Lee, > > I looked at Canto index for Rabo de Peixe and found this: > > 1. João da Silva married Ursula do Couto on 21 nov 1764, in Rabo de Peixe. > João is the son of Domingos da

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation help please - Sao Roque, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel

2014-01-01 Thread mances
Lee, I looked at Canto index for Rabo de Peixe and found this: 1. João da Silva married Ursula do Couto on 21 nov 1764, in Rabo de Peixe. João is the son of Domingos da Silva and Maria Carvalho - Relva. Ursula is the daughter of Francisco de Sousa and Cecilia do Couto (or da Costa) - Rabo de Pei