Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Old Cemeteries in San Jose, CA

Pam, Sorry forgot the important part: Santa Clara Mission Cemetery 490 Lincoln Avenue Santa Clara, CA 95050 408-296-4656 - Bob On Mar 29, 2013, at 3:06 PM, Robert Ross wrote: > Pam, >My parents and brother are buried in Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. I've > l

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Old Cemeteries in San Jose, CA

Pam, My parents and brother are buried in Santa Clara Mission Cemetery. I've looked at older correspondence I have, and letterheads do say "Santa Clara Catholic Cemetery" in some cases...just a heads-up in case you thought there were two. The cemetery is the final resting place for MANY Po

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

Hi Chris and Amy, re: Jose Simas Leal (B. 1907) search on NEPS... I compute my Gr Gr Grandfather Antonio Faria Costa (d. 9 Jan1884) with Jose, successfully get a short path chart. Unfortunately, with illogical entries between their generations. I mean some descendants seem to be born before th

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bandeiras, Pico records

Hi Dee, I saw a name of your Pico ancestor that looked familiar and confirmed it on my tree via my great grandmother, Maria Carolina Costa (26 Mar 1858-3 Jan 1894) [maiden name= Serpa]. Maria is a granddaughter of Manuel Leal Mendes (born Piedade, died Bandeiras 16 Jul 1875). Maria was married

[AZORES-Genealogy] Ancestors from Pico

Hi Doug, Both of my maternal grandparents were born on Pico. Their parents' trees are easily traceable on NEPS. My great grandparents from Lajes do Pico are Manuel Inacio Brum (25 Apr 1840-18 May 1922) and Maria Macedo (20 Oct 1847-14 Aug 1934). My great grandparents from Bandeiras [Concelho da

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Silvina Cunha

Dano, I also have encountered references to the Flemish connection in Azores colonization (of the central group of islands). When Googling the origin of my grandfather's surname Brum (or de Brum), I always find the origin to be from the "lowland" countries on the continent. By coincidence, tra

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joaquim Francisco Avila Attn: Gayle

Thanks Again, Bob bob.ross...@gmail.com On Sep 19, 2012, at 11:08 PM, goodw...@aol.com wrote: > Bob, > > Would the following website be of interest to you ? > www.neps.ics.uminho.pt/geneweb/gwd.exe?b=Lajes;lang=en;p=maria;n=macedo;oc=7 > > Gayle > > > -Original Me

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joaquim Francisco Avila

Hello Linda, I have some some coincidences in my searches to yours (though there are stumbling blocks, too): Both of my maternal grandparents were born on Pico. Adelaide Caroline Costa, my grandmother, came to the U.S. in 1910 and was from Bandeiras. Antonio Inacio de Brum, my grandfather