[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with Baptismal - Terceira

2016-06-15 Thread Lee
Thanks Bill! -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my mem

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with groom's father's name.

2016-06-15 Thread Joseph Mendonca
Muito obrigado Sr. Julio pela a sua ajuda! 2016-06-14 19:31 GMT-04:00 Júlio : > Descendentes de Amaro de TORRES > -- > > Primeira geração > -- > -- > > *1. Amaro de TORRES [25489]*,1 filho de *Miguel Furtado CARVA

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Cousin

2016-06-15 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
>From the Family Tree DNA website Resources is this definition: A centiMorgan (cM) is a measurement of how likely a segment of DNA is to recombine from one generation to the next. A single centiMorgan is considered equivalent to a 1% (1/100) chance that a segment of DNA will crossover or rec

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Cousin

2016-06-15 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Thanks, Richard! Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 5:02 AM, Richard Francis Pimentel < rfrancispimen...@comcast.net> wrote: > *From the Family Tree DNA website Resources i

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: General help with record, please.

2016-06-15 Thread Cheri Mello
No idea if it's top left, bottom right or what. The year on one of the records (lower left) says 1624. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vaca

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: General help with record, please.

2016-06-15 Thread Margaret Vicente
Thanks, Eric. Joseph, you have it all correct. I think it is just Maria Jorge who is "ja defunta" but it is difficult to say if both due to margin damage. I for one don't the the plural "defuntos". On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:49 AM, Eric Souza wrote: > I darkened it up in Photoshop, if that he

[AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Eric Souza
I haven't looked through the passports on this site yet: http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/passaportes/Default.aspx If my ancestors are from Topo, São Jorge, should I be looking at Angra do Heroísmo? The only options on the site are Ponta Delgada, Angra do Heroísmo and Horta. Were there

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Eric, Sao Jorge people generally would have gone to Angra. Some, in the early days, went to Horta too. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 11:51 AM, Eric Souza wrote: > I h

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Cheri Mello
The 3 ports for the Azores are Angra, Horta, and Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel. So that is where they went to register too. Most of our ancestors left from the nearest port. But if they needed to get going right at that time, they may have went with the next boat no matter which port it sailed from.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] bakery in SF bay area

2016-06-15 Thread 'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy
There is Silva's Bakery in Hayward that has very good desserts, cheese, and breads. It is located behind the Jack-in-the-Box on the corner of Mission Blvd. and Lewelling Blvd. From the 580 freeway you take Mission Blvd. off and go about 1 block south, toward Hayward. Celeste Perry ccgran...

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: General help with record, please.

2016-06-15 Thread Joseph Mendonca
Thank you all again. It was bottom right. Sorry, I forgot to indicate which record. Thank you Margaret for your 2nd set of eyes and you Eric for darkening the record. It does make it easier on the eyes. Not so long ago I thought I would never be able to distinguish anything in these older record

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] A little Help

2016-06-15 Thread Cheri Mello
Do you have the correct dates? <> So your Manoel was born in about 1665 and married about the age of 14 in 1679 to Isabel da Costa. How old was she supposed to be? A 14 year old male sounds rather young to be getting married. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Eric Souza
Thank you! Top left here - does this say Roza Delfina? http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1890-1896/PASSAPORTES-TER-1890-1896_item1/P275.html - Eric -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Eric Souza
Scratch that, Roza Delfina de Bettencourt ... On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 1:33:50 PM UTC-7, Eric Souza wrote: > > Thank you! > > Top left here - does this say Roza Delfina? > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1890-1896/PASSAPORTES-TER-1890-1896_item1/P275.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Eric, it starts on the bottom of the previous page with Maria Delfina, 20 years old, daughter of Joaquim d'Azevedo da Silveira and Roza Delfina. They are going to the United States (in margin) and are from S. Jorge. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and P

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Scratch that, Maria Delfina is going to the USA, not her parents!! Mother is de Bettencourt. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 2:29 PM, Rosemarie Capodicci wrote: > Eric

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: General help with record, please.

2016-06-15 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Joseph, you are doing very well! Keep practicing, the hardest part is knowing what the abbreviations mean! Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 12:42 PM, Joseph Mendonca wrot

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Eric Souza
Thank you! My great-great-grandmother is Roza Delfina - I'll look into this to see if this might be a second marriage, though I don't think so, since I've never seen a reference to her as Delfina de Bettencourt. On Wednesday, June 15, 2016 at 2:31:20 PM UTC-7, rcapodc wrote: > > Scratch that, M

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Never discount it! My grandmom said she came in as Maria Vieira da Silva and I found her on the Passports as Maria de Azevedo!! LOL Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 2:35 P

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: General help with record, please.

2016-06-15 Thread Joseph Mendonca
Thanks. On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 5:32 PM, Rosemarie Capodicci wrote: > Joseph, you are doing very well! Keep practicing, the hardest part is > knowing what the abbreviations mean! > > Rosemarie > rcap...@gmail.com > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > Isola delle

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Eric Souza
I've been hunting for a passport for Alexander, and came across this - a real possibility for Alexander's mother ... 7 Nov 1897 Passport for Rosa Delfina de Borba from Calheta ... headed to New Bedford ... http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1896-1902/PASSAPORTES

[AZORES-Genealogy] Father's Day Sale, Thursday, June 16- Monday June20 at 11:59 pm CDT

2016-06-15 Thread Cheri Mello
(Cross posted to Azores, Madeira, and IslandRoutes lists) Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) is having a sale for Father's Day through Monday, June 20th ending 11:59 pm CDT. Products are on sale for existing customers as well as new customers. If you are an *EXISTING CUSTOMER* of FTDNA and have ordered bef

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports on culturacores.azores.gov

2016-06-15 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Eric, you are reading it correctly and Antonio is 18 years old. Rosa Delfina is 47. Does this fit?? Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Jun 15, 2016 at 9:50 PM, Eric Souza wrote: > I've be