Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Searching for information on Francisco De Simas / Jose Francisco De Simas / Jose Silva De Simas

2013-01-15 Thread Chris Macedo
"Ancestors" and > "Relationships by marriage" searches show up as ERRORs. Good luck with YOUR > search, Bob > On Jan 12, 2013, at 11:15 PM, Chris Macedo > > wrote: > > oops! Amy, follow the address as given by Eric Edgar, I don't think mine

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Searching for information on Francisco De Simas / Jose Francisco De Simas / Jose Silva De Simas

2013-01-13 Thread Chris Macedo
oops! Amy, follow the address as given by Eric Edgar, I don't think mine was complete. christine On Sunday, January 13, 2013 4:18:24 AM UTC+10, Chris Macedo wrote: > > Amy, > The Office of Births, Deaths and Marriges in NZ in the town or nearest > city to where your

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Searching for information on Francisco De Simas / Jose Francisco De Simas / Jose Silva De Simas

2013-01-13 Thread Chris Macedo
ry where do I find the database you refer too. I > am very new to this. > > Thank you > Amy > On Sunday, January 13, 2013 7:18:24 AM UTC+13, Chris Macedo wrote: > >> >> Amy, >> The Office of Births, Deaths and Marriges in NZ in the town or nearest >>

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Searching for information on Francisco De Simas / Jose Francisco De Simas / Jose Silva De Simas

2013-01-12 Thread Chris Macedo
Amy, The Office of Births, Deaths and Marriges in NZ in the town or nearest city to where your gfather died will have the official records and you can ask them for a copy. I think they were about $25 per record when I applied for a copy of my birth cert..I was born in Wellinton so applied the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] NEPS site

2013-01-12 Thread Chris Macedo
Robert, I also have a relationship with your ancestors. Your ancestor Roque Faria Costa is in the Madalena/PICO DB and his relationship to my ggrandfather Joao Andrade Macedo is easy to see. The Lajes relatioship is slightly more difficult to pin down but my ancestors are definetly related t

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Searching for information on Francisco De Simas / Jose Francisco De Simas / Jose Silva De Simas

2013-01-08 Thread Chris Macedo
Hello Amy, Have you got your ggrandfather's death cert. from NZ?. This should give his place of birth. If you don't have it then that is where you should start. My ggrandfather was born in the Azores then he travelled to NZ. I was lucky in that a post doctural History student from Victoria Univ

[AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Family Finder Match

2011-07-17 Thread Chris Macedo
Hi, I have recently had a DNA match with a member of this group. The ancestors we share are Jose Macedo Brum da Silveira b. 1766 Lajes do Pico whose descendants live in America., and his brother Manuel Macedo Brum da Silveira b1763 Lajes do Pico and died in Brazil. Manuel married Ana Maria da A

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Francisco Lopes da Fonseca

2010-08-04 Thread Chris Macedo
eciate it if you'd let me know. Good luck > with your search. > > Gayle Machado > > Researching Pico- Candelaria, Sao Mateus, and Sao Joao.-Original > Message- > From: azores@googlegroups.com on behalf of Chris Macedo > Sent: Mon 8/2/2010 5:28 PM > To: A

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Francisco Lopes da Fonseca

2010-08-04 Thread Chris Macedo
ou'd let me know. Good luck > with your search. > > Gayle Machado > > Researching Pico- Candelaria, Sao Mateus, and Sao Joao. > > > > -Original Message- > From: azores@googlegroups.com on behalf of Chris Macedo > Sent: Mon 8/2/2010 5:28 PM > To: Azores Genealog

[AZORES-Genealogy] Francisco Lopes da Fonseca

2010-08-02 Thread Chris Macedo
Francisco Lopes Fonseca b. S. Mateus,Pico d.1718 married Apolonia das Candias d.1718 I have met a 'roadblock trying to connect these two back to Antonio Lopes da Fonseca b. Terceira c.1435 ( very rough date) m. Margarida de Ornellas da Camara b.? parents of Margarida were Pedro Goncalves de Cama

[AZORES-Genealogy] Blood Groups

2010-03-18 Thread Chris Macedo
I can answer your questions generally . The ABO blood groups and the Rh (D) blood groups are not connected. They are the most common of the blood groups tested because they cause the biggest transfusion reactions. Roughly 47% of Caucasians are Group O 41% of Caucasians are Group A 09% "

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: History of Azores's book

2009-08-11 Thread Chris Macedo
Susana, Where can overseas persons purchase your book online ??. I would very much like to read it. Christine Macedo On Jul 26, 9:20 pm, sgoulart wrote: > I've seen an information of my book in your site. You can check it > below.  I' d like very much to have some critics about my > interpretat

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azores/Mainland to Brazil

2009-04-06 Thread Chris Macedo
Hell All, Celeste, your file oped o.k for me. thanks. Pam you would have at least some of the same Brazil people as I have. I was lucky and came across a site http://www.jcultura.com.br/gde_fam/ this has given me a wealth of information. I recognised person no 1. on this family tree as an uncle (g

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azores/Mainland to Brazil

2009-04-02 Thread Chris Macedo
Pico, and died there in 1718 (according to the UM site) and Apolonia > Candeias also born in Sao Mateus and died 1718 (according to the UM site).  >    You might look in Sao Mateus, Pico for your family. > > Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com > > --- On Wed, 4/1/09, Chris Macedo wr

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azores/Mainland to Brazil

2009-04-01 Thread Chris Macedo
Hello Nancy Jean, Yes, I am so pleased to find another cousin, Ines Pereira Macedo is my g.g.g.g.g.grandmother and the others are her children and grandchildren as I guess you know. Catharina Nascimento (Pereira Macedo) is also the daughter of Ines Pereira Macedo and is my direct line but the name

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azores/Mainland to Brazil

2009-03-30 Thread Chris Macedo
Bob, Thank you, I will use your sites and also keep in mind what you have said about researchers. I will see if I can get any reliable contacts with researchers while I am there. thanks again. christine On Mar 30, 1:02 am, bobcams...@aol.com wrote: > Hi Christine > > I to have been looking for w

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azores/Mainland to Brazil

2009-03-30 Thread Chris Macedo
Hello, I don't know your name but would love to hear about your Macedos from Pico. Mine were from Candelaria and before that Sao Mateus and Lajes. My family history tells me that they came from the mainland in about 1750 but I'm sure that they already had relatives in the Azores as some of the his

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azores/Mainland to Brazil

2009-03-30 Thread Chris Macedo
Hi Maria, I would be most grateful if you could talk to your daughter in law for me. Also I noticed in one of your previous postings that you had ancestors who went to the N.S.W. goldfields in Australia. My G.Grandfather Jose Andrade Macedo also went to the N.S.W. goldfields after visiting rela

[AZORES-Genealogy] Azores/Mainland to Brazil

2009-03-29 Thread Chris Macedo
I have been able to find some information on ancestors who went from the Azores/Portugal to Brazil but I would be grateful to know if there is a website which specifically deals with this subject. My family history tells me that my g grandfather had several uncles or g.uncles who settled in Brazil

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Macedo - Machedo

2008-10-25 Thread Chris Macedo
Hi' Kathy, I typed in Joao Macedo, Only, for the reason that I was typing from a list of Inez Pereira Macedo's descentants printed from the UMinho Magdalena site and Joao's listing was there under Macedo but none of his children. I think the Andrade Macedo combination is part of the computer probl

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re Guill's book

2008-10-02 Thread Chris Macedo
Yes, wow, when I bid for Celest's book several months ago there were 3 books listed on 2nd hand sites but when I went to put an order in they were gone. From memory they were around $350. I am so concious of the fact that that book took 45 years of work for 3 people, to me it is a real masterpeic