Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Baptism translation

2017-08-20 Thread Cheri Mello
Mom is Francisca Silveira. It's abbreviated with Syl on the first line and ira on the 2nd line. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 9:24 PM, Kellie Crnkovich wrote: > I am

[AZORES-Genealogy] Baptism translation

2017-08-20 Thread Kellie Crnkovich
I am trying to translate this I think I got this so far: Maria daughter of Manuel de Sousa Leal and Francisca Vieira (Maria's marriage says Silveira so I don't know which I should I use? Father is Vieiro on Marriage record) I am so lost on the one I think I got born 23 Mar 1780 Can someone p

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Mother's name

2017-08-20 Thread Eric Souza
That's awesome, Margaret ... I love this group! On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 6:42:31 PM UTC-7, Mara wrote: > > Sorry, closed too quickly I also wanted to mention that the mother's > surname is not Luis and you can correct me if I'm wrong but I'm seeing > Maria doLiv.ra (de Oliveira). > > Cheers

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Mother's name

2017-08-20 Thread Margaret Vicente
Sorry, closed too quickly I also wanted to mention that the mother's surname is not Luis and you can correct me if I'm wrong but I'm seeing Maria doLiv.ra (de Oliveira). Cheers, Margaret On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 9:34 PM, Margaret Vicente wrote: > Well, Bill and you are correct. > > I searched f

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Mother's name

2017-08-20 Thread Margaret Vicente
Well, Bill and you are correct. I searched forward and found another child. See Barbara, left page. http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR-CH-RIBEIRASECA-B-1698-1716/SJR-CH-RIBEIRASECA-B-1698-1716_item1/P196.html Margaret On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 2:18 PM, JR wrote: > I think

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

2017-08-20 Thread Margaret Vicente
Hi Chase, Unfortunately that's how it is. Hopefully you will find some other lead. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 20, 2017, at 7:28 PM, CW wrote: > > Thanks, Margaret. > > I have read about the Liberal Wars before. I have considered that my ancestor > may have been involved somehow, seeing

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

2017-08-20 Thread CW
Thanks, Margaret. I have read about the Liberal Wars before. I have considered that my ancestor may have been involved somehow, seeing as how he left the Azores within a couple months after peace was declared. If he was conscripted to serve, perhaps his term of service ended, at which point he

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

2017-08-20 Thread Margaret Vicente
That's about it, Cheri. The Civil war of 1826-1834. Chase, you can read about it here. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Liberal_Wars On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 6:38 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: > Chase, > > I think what is meant by the king's call to bear arms is kinda like the > World War I (and II) Dra

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Thank you everyone

2017-08-20 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
That's the thing to do! Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 2:35 PM, Kellie Crnkovich wrote: > The newer ones are definitely easier to read. I keep the abbreviation list >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

2017-08-20 Thread Cheri Mello
Chase, I think what is meant by the king's call to bear arms is kinda like the World War I (and II) Draft Registrations in America. Men of a certain age were eligible to bear arms (or register for the Draft). But I'll let someone with more information address that. I don't know of any place where

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

2017-08-20 Thread CW
Hi Cheri, Thanks for passing that along. But I'm a bit confused. What does the proof of age for the king's call to bear arms mean? What do I do with that information? If it can help me determine if it is my ancestor, I would love to know how. Military service could have brought my ancestor to

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Thank you everyone

2017-08-20 Thread Kellie Crnkovich
The newer ones are definitely easier to read. I keep the abbreviation list open, the Portuguese word list, and google translator lol. If all else fails I have been asking. Kellie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscr

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Off subject: FTM

2017-08-20 Thread 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy
Thanks Nancy and JR for the advice. I will follow up on it… and check out the Facebook Family Tree Maker Users Group. 😊 Sam (Camas, WA) From: Nancy Couto Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 2:36 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Off subject: FTM I agree with JR. It is my

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Off subject: FTM

2017-08-20 Thread Nancy Couto
I agree with JR. It is my understanding that anyone who bought the interim MacKiev version was entitled to a free copy of FTM 2017. You might need to pay extra for the miultiple computers license, but you really should be able to get the program for free, since the one you had was never intended to

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Thank you everyone

2017-08-20 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Kellie, Glad you are finding a lot of help in your researching. The more you try to read the records the better you get. Just make sure that you practice on the later records so that you know what the names are in your village. The further back you go in the records the more the priests used abbrev

[AZORES-Genealogy] Thank you everyone

2017-08-20 Thread Kellie Crnkovich
I just wanted to thank everyone in this group. For a few months I have watched and looked at records posted and translations. After the new cheat sheets (love these indexes) I decided to take a stab add it. I have added so much DOCUMENTED info now and deleted a bunch of stuff I got from other t

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Off subject: FTM

2017-08-20 Thread 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy
Thanks JR. I will do that. Right now I’m too frustrated but; in a couple of days, I’ll do it. 😊 Sam (Camas, WA) From: JR Sent: Sunday, August 20, 2017 11:25 AM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Off subject: FTM I would contact MacKiev by email and have them check your stat

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Off subject: FTM

2017-08-20 Thread JR
I would contact MacKiev by email and have them check your status. If you bought in the right period, as I did, you should be getting a "free" upgrade to latest that interfaces with Ancestry.com. It depends on when you purchased the update. JR On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 1:22:45 PM UTC-4, Sam

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Mother's name

2017-08-20 Thread JR
I think Bill has it right. To me it's a large stylized 'M' that is partly overwritten by a letter from the line above. Then by 'a' and an elongated R, then 'ia' that spells Maria. Also, in my view, when you have many, or even a few, other pieces of corroborating evidence, such as other records,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation of Joao Machado de Azevedo and Isabel Silveira de Azevedo

2017-08-20 Thread Kellie Crnkovich
Thank you Maggie. I've missed talking to you so glad we have connected again. I will be going through all of this today. Kellie -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from i

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Off subject: FTM

2017-08-20 Thread Pam Santos
I agree with you I spent HOURS only to find out I had to purchase the new version was quite annoyed. On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 10:22 AM, 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Theresa, Nancy, Pam & Cheri; Thanks much for trying to help me with my > FTM issue. I

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Off subject: FTM

2017-08-20 Thread 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy
Theresa, Nancy, Pam & Cheri; Thanks much for trying to help me with my FTM issue. I think I’ve figured it out with your help. It seems when I ordered the MacKiev version of FTM, It was about Dec or so in 2016, I thought I was ordering the new version but; apparently they put out some kind of

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: An old one, but pretty from 1650 - parents of Apelonia Dias de Borba?

2017-08-20 Thread Cheri Mello
GedMatch is a 3rd Party tool with a lot of advanced features. Only those who chose to upload there can be found. So it's not the same as testing with the company where you will be compared with everyone in the database and your matches revealed. If company A, B, and C each have 1,000,000 (so 3 mill

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Microfilms discontinued

2017-08-20 Thread Cheri Mello
FamilySearch has to negotiate with each government about their records. Since the Azores are an autonomous region, I would think that would mean a different agreement. I tried to view Madeira (since they too have a different government). After 5 minutes of the spinning wheel, I gave up. I know the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Mother's name

2017-08-20 Thread Eric Souza
Thanks Rosemarie - this wasn't my original post, just thought I could help with the image ... but yes, could be! Wouldn't it be funny to find a connection like that ... On Sunday, August 20, 2017 at 9:28:02 AM UTC-7, rcapodc wrote: > > Eric, I think that you are going to need to find another bap

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Mother's name

2017-08-20 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Eric, I think that you are going to need to find another baptism for this couple's children to make sure. I still think it's Secilia or some version of it but there is something else after that, de___Machado. I can't really make it out but it could be de Souza?, that fits the space. Rosemarie rcap

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation of Joao Machado de Azevedo and Isabel Silveira de Azevedo

2017-08-20 Thread Maggie15
See if you find information that helps in this - this is my Azevedo line, >From Maggie Homen Sutton: death record: August 15, 1881 in Manadas, baptised in Calheta, living in Manadas at age 98 (? ) birth record: June 3, 1788 to Alferes Manuel Silveira Machado and Mari a Silveira, godparents we

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

2017-08-20 Thread Cheri Mello
Margaret sent this to me a couple of days ago. I think I was eating lunch or making dinner and the timer went off and I forgot to come back and post. Sorry!!! Margaret said: CW that the certificate dated in 1826 on the baptism of his search is proof of age for the King's call to bear arms in 1826 a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Mother's name

2017-08-20 Thread Margaret Vicente
Eric, good job! I agree with someone else's prior post the name I see is Secilia (Cecília). Sorry can't recall the name of the person who said it. Sent from my iPhone > On Aug 20, 2017, at 11:30 AM, Eric Souza wrote: > > I edited the levels a bit in Photoshop ... does this help? Edited image

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

2017-08-20 Thread Eric Souza
Chase - glad you joined FTDNA also! Cheri and the team have put in a lot of work - hope it pays "research dividends." On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 8:25:11 AM UTC-7, CW wrote: > > I transferred my DNA results to FTDNA and joined the Azores project. But > I'm pretty confused by the site. Can I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: An old one, but pretty from 1650 - parents of Apelonia Dias de Borba?

2017-08-20 Thread Sme
Thank you very much. I will check it out. Suzanne On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 8:23 AM, Eric Souza wrote: > Suzanne - I was able to download my results from FTDNA and shared them on > GEDmatch ... that way, no matter where you had your DNA done, you can share > results with people who did it with o

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: An old one, but pretty from 1650 - parents of Apelonia Dias de Borba?

2017-08-20 Thread Eric Souza
Suzanne - I was able to download my results from FTDNA and shared them on GEDmatch ... that way, no matter where you had your DNA done, you can share results with people who did it with other companies. Going through your document! On Saturday, August 19, 2017 at 10:23:17 PM UTC-7, Sme wrote: >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Leam vs Leal

2017-08-20 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Thanks, Suzanne! Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sat, Aug 19, 2017 at 10:47 PM, Sme wrote: > Here is the link. Bottom right. It is the godmother's father: Joao > Machado Leam. > > http:/

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Leam vs Leal

2017-08-20 Thread Margaret Vicente
Thanks, Suzanne. It is as mentioned in previous email. *L*eão On Sun, Aug 20, 2017 at 1:47 AM, Sme wrote: > Here is the link. Bottom right. It is the godmother's father: Joao > Machado Leam. > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR- > CH-RIBEIRASECA-B-1698-1716/SJR-CH-RI

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Off subject: FTM

2017-08-20 Thread Nancy Couto
Sam, you have to be signed in to Ancestry from within FTM. If you have gotten disconnected--it happens sometimes--and FTM is still showing you as connected, then sign out of Ancestry and sign in again. Go to the Ancestry icon on the upper right of your screen to do that. It worked for me. But yo

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Off subject: FTM

2017-08-20 Thread Theresa Entin
When I installed the new Family Tree Maker 2017, I thought it just over wrote my old program. It didn’t, it installs a new version with a different logo. I tried for awhile to get my old program to connect with Ancestry. I finally realized I had to look for the new version and use it. Worked

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Microfilms discontinued

2017-08-20 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Ok, Now I understand The images we see today on Tombo and CCA are a reduced quality image and they will not change. Family search will have high quality images but the viewing of them will be restricted. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, NH Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha, Achad

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Microfilms discontinued

2017-08-20 Thread João Ventura
Hi Rcik, Yes, we're talking about the Church records, that you see on CCA (tombo.pt is just a faster gateway to the same content). The quality of the CCA records is the problem. In the later years, they uploaded higher quality images, but the initial online books have really low quality version