Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] ***** New Indexes added to Azores GenWeb

Thanks so much, Kathy! This is so great for the Portuguese Community at large. I plan to use the Graciosa indexes for sure!! Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 9:49 PM, Kat

[AZORES-Genealogy] ***** New Indexes added to Azores GenWeb

Hi Everyone I’ve added some new material to the Azores GenWeb. I hope you’ll find it helpful.! Praia, Graciosa:: Baptism (1754-1911) and Marriages (1791-1911) Indexes http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/maps-churches-and-villages/graciosa/graciosa-indexes.html

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with Translation

Bob C, Can you be more specific? You didn't post a link to any index, so I can't help you there. And "other information" is kinda broad and leaves us guessing at to what you really need. So can you tell us? Thanks, Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Fran

[AZORES-Genealogy] Help with Translation

Hi everyone. I am looking for some help with the translation of the attach item which is #3. I know that it is baptism of Balbina Carmo Reis. Parents are Jose Correa dos Reis and Maria Candida Margarida she was born 10/23/1908. I am not sure of the information on the index and other informat

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Grandmother's Nursery Rhyme

Check YouTube, I found some Portuguese children's songs on there. On Aug 14, 2017 12:20 PM, wrote: > My wife grew up on Terceira but her mother was from São Miguel. What she > remembers was not bom bom, but rather Poê Poê and it is telling the chicken > to lay an egg for the child. The tapping

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Grandmother's Nursery Rhyme

My wife grew up on Terceira but her mother was from São Miguel. What she remembers was not bom bom, but rather Poê Poê and it is telling the chicken to lay an egg for the child. The tapping of the palm represents the giving of an egg.. Poê poê galinha Poê poê ... lay lay, chicken lay lay ovin

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Grandmother's Nursery Rhyme

​Kathlene, You might try google. I found a couple Bom Bom songs with chickens but not sure if they are the one you are looking for. "E"​ On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 6:36 AM, Kathlene Lima wrote: > Hi all, > > I hope this is not the wrong place to ask about this subject but I am > doing a project

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Povoacao, Sao Miguel-Help with notation on baptismal record

Good, it should be at the archive then! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 7:22 AM, Joseph Mendonca wrote: > Thanks Cheri. Marriage was in 1907. > > On Mon, Aug 14, 2017

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Povoacao, Sao Miguel-Help with notation on baptismal record

Thanks Cheri. Marriage was in 1907. On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 10:12 AM, Cheri Mello wrote: > I'm running out the door, but if the marriage is after 1911-1915 or so, > it's at the Civil Registry in Povoacao. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Pont

[AZORES-Genealogy] Grandmother's Nursery Rhyme

Hi all, I hope this is not the wrong place to ask about this subject but I am doing a project for my nieces. I would like to give them a booklet for Christmas, listing all the Portuguese phrases I learned over the years from my father and aunts. I am the last person exposed to this history and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Povoacao, Sao Miguel-Help with notation on baptismal record

I'm running out the door, but if the marriage is after 1911-1915 or so, it's at the Civil Registry in Povoacao. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Mon, Aug 14, 2017 at 5:22 AM, Joseph Mendonca

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Povoacao, Sao Miguel-Help with notation on baptismal record

Thanks Margaret. It makes me wonder if this record is a valid one or something else. I will try to obtain the marriage record. I hope the archive in Ponta Delgada has it. Thanks again, Joseph Mendonca On Sun, Aug 13, 2017 at 10:59 PM, Margaret Vicente < margaretvice...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi J