Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Francisco Jose Cordeiro

2019-03-12 Thread Cheri Mello
OK, maybe if "Matt's" nephew is still on this list, he can say something and we can stop playing this game of "Matt." Too bad no one remembers the lady from America who came looking for family :( Rats. Get the Y-DNA test that fits your budget. The more markers, and providing that the Genetic Dist

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Francisco Jose Cordeiro

2019-03-12 Thread bsei2816
Wow! Cheri there is so much information in your answer but presented so well that even I can get it. Thank you so much. I actually did an archive search and found that Matt's nephew joined this group before I did and posted this in May 2012: *Francis Joseph was born in 1833, some where in t

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Francisco Jose Cordeiro

2019-03-12 Thread bsei2816
Thank you Cheri; I sent an email with my wife's kit# and the names of the matches of interest. I also sent an email to ask if they are registered in the Azores DNA project. I understand that I cannot prove they are the same person. All I can do is attempt to disprove it. I have accounted for

[AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for information on Theolinda Teixeira and Joao/John Calheta Santos

2019-03-12 Thread leonor . bertoni
Hello! Does anyone know or have John Calheta Santos and Theolinda Teixeira in their tree? I have a bit of information on John, he was born in Rosario, Lagoa, São Miguel, on October 7, 1892. I believe he immigrated to the US when he was 12, in 1905. I am having trouble with his wife, there is no

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Francisco Jose Cordeiro

2019-03-12 Thread Cheri Mello
Bill, Email me offlist with your wife's kit number and the name of her DNA match. OR screen shot the match and block out the name of the match. OR contact the match and ask permission to post their name and picture, but be sure to explain to them that you are removing their name and picture from th

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Confusing Birth Dates

2019-03-12 Thread Cheri Mello
Good question. I'm guessing it could go either way. You could record the actual birthday and in your note/memo field, explain the discrepancy. Or you could record what is on the paper and put the real birthday in your memo/note field. If someone is going to duplicate your work, they would go lookin

[AZORES-Genealogy] Confusing Birth Dates

2019-03-12 Thread leonor . bertoni
Hello all, Both my brother and my aunt were registered 2 years after they were born. They were born a month apart, my parents couldn't get married because dad was in the army and stationed elsewhere and they did not want to register a baby out of wedlock. My grandfather was away at sea when my a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with baptism of Maria, Manadas Sao Jorge, 1854

2019-03-12 Thread Margaret Vicente
viuvo, q mepedio lhe lansase neste termo por sua filha [que me pediu lhe lançasse .] Margaret On Tue, Mar 12, 2019 at 12:24 AM wrote: > Maria was born to a single mother and a widow. I would like to know the > words after the father's name that I assume is his admitting to being t

[AZORES-Genealogy] Francisco Jose Cordeiro

2019-03-12 Thread bsei2816
This is just a shot in the dark looking for any help. My wife has a close DNA match in New Zealand. He is the grandson of Francis Joseph. A mariner that jumped ship in New Zealand in the 1860s, reported that he was widowed when he married in New Zealand in the 1880s, was from the Azores and h