[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't really read it) Help!

2014-03-22 Thread Isabella Baltar
I don't read neither Joam, nor legitimate. This is a very decorative penmanship and needs further study on this specific handwriting. I quiclkly went back and forth on some pages to check on the scriber writing and the way he writes Joam is very different from that one, the word legitimate as

[AZORES-Genealogy] Added to Azores GenWeb.......

2014-03-22 Thread Kathy Cardoza
I have aded the compiled lists of Al Ramos to the Azores GenWeb site. These are the Name Abbreviations and Evolution of Spellings and can be found on this page: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/portuguese_word_list1.html Thank you to Al for all his effort in putting these together and

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't really read it) Help!

2014-03-22 Thread pico
Hello Joseph,I couldn't resist your challenge.What is clear is the "ao" ending. That leaves one with a lot fewer choices for names.Expanding on that, it is pretty clear there is an "l" before the "al" and that now gives you "lao" and once you see that, you can see the "u" before the "l" and before

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2014-03-22 Thread rcapodc
Wow Kathy, this is great and just in time for our Salt Lake City trip! Thanks so much to Al for all of his hard work with the compiling of the names! This will be very helpful to the “older” researchers and the “newbies”! Wonderful. Thanks again to you for doing the work of getting it all

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2014-03-22 Thread rcapodc
Well, I’m going to try this again—Thanks Kathy for putting Al’s list on the GenWeb site. It will be great for us all, especially the “newbies” to Portuguese Genealogy! A Big thank you to Al for doing all the work of putting the list together! Rosemarie From: Kathy Cardoza Sent: Saturday,

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2014-03-22 Thread Kathy Cardoza
You're very welcome, Rosemarie. I know that I sure wish I'd had it way back then, lol. Kathy Sent from my iPad ~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't really read it) Help!

2014-03-22 Thread Joseph Costa
Thank you Doug. I do see what you mean, and I now think that this does say Niculao, which means that this is not my ancestor. Still can't find my Joam. On Mar 22, 2014, at 11:38 AM, p...@dholmes.com wrote: Hello Joseph, I couldn't resist your challenge. What is clear is the ao

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't really read it) Help!

2014-03-22 Thread Joseph Costa
Thanks Isabella. I have since determined that this is not my ancestor.I'm till trying to find my Joam's birth record. On Mar 22, 2014, at 8:12 AM, Isabella Baltar myportuguese...@gmail.com wrote: I don't read neither Joam, nor legitimate. This is a very decorative penmanship and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't really read it) Help!

2014-03-22 Thread Margaret Vicente
After having studied the writing of the Priest Manuel de Medeiros letter by letter; I read the name Francisco and concur it is not Joao. On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 8:12 AM, Isabella Baltar myportuguese...@gmail.comwrote: I don't read neither Joam, nor legitimate. This is a very decorative

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't really read it) Help!

2014-03-22 Thread pico
Joseph,How about the fact the baptism is for a child of Matias and the mother is not listed with Pacheco/a?I have sometimes seen a father listed as Mathias one time and Matheus another time. So if your ancestor was Mateus, you can't 100% rule out you could find him as Matias, but it will depend on

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2014-03-22 Thread Tish M
One more thanks to Al and Kathy. Now that we are getting all the CCA's online this is a real help. Tish On Sat, Mar 22, 2014 at 9:37 AM, Kathy Cardoza kmacard...@me.com wrote: You're very welcome, Rosemarie. I know that I sure wish I'd had it way back then, lol. Kathy Sent from my iPad

[AZORES-Genealogy] RAMALHO

2014-03-22 Thread Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
Hi! Does anyone have any RAMALHO people from Ribeira Grande, S. Miguel area? Eliseu Pacheco da Silva Researching Açores (São Miguel and Graciosa) and Alentejo ( http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel ) -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation)

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] RAMALHO

2014-03-22 Thread Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
Hi Richard, Thank you! Is this a registry from Matriz? It is very hard to read. Would you let me know the Freguesia and the date of it? I have some Photos but I can not find that one... Thank you again! Eliseu Pacheco da Silva Researching Açores (São Miguel and Graciosa) and Alentejo

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2014-03-22 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
It is baptisms 1842-1847 in Santissimo Salvador, Ribeirinha. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Spring, TX From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Eliseu Pacheco da Silva Sent: Saturday, March 22, 2014 6:01 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: RE:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't really read it) Help!

2014-03-22 Thread Joseph Costa
In addition to not being able to find Joam's birth record, I'm having great difficulty locating the marriage record of Matheus da Costa and Josefa da Pacheca. Josefa was born in 1714 at Matriz:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't really read it) Help!

2014-03-22 Thread Joseph Costa
SInce I posted this, I have done further research. My ancestor is definitely Matheus da Costa and his wife was definitely Jozefa de Pacheca. Here is Matheus birth record from Sep 16, 1705 at Ponta Garca:

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2014-03-22 Thread Kathy Cardoza
Thank you, Tish. I appreciate the feedback. Kathy ~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html Climb my Family Tree: http://www.kathys-place.com/index.html

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't really read it) Help!

2014-03-22 Thread JR
Are you looking for the marriage of Mateus and Josefa? If so, according to my records they married circa 1750, in either Ponta Garca or VFSM. I have three children listed for this couple living in Ponta Garca. JR On Saturday, March 22, 2014 3:47:21 PM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: In addition

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't really read it) Help!

2014-03-22 Thread pico
That's also my question.Were you lucky to find in a baptism the padrinhos listed as single and their parents, plus say they are tios paternos and tios maternos?Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Original Message