[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Public Trees

2013-04-01 Thread sdarosa
Hi Pam, When you send out an invitation for someone to view your tree, you need to set them as a Guest, not an editor or contributor. That way they cannot add anything to your tree. I think this might have been what happened. When you send out an invitation to someone there is a drop down box

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

2013-01-09 Thread sdarosa
Hi, There are Leals on Sao Jorge, Norte Grande in my line act 1700 - 1740. I have not researched this line forward to the 1800's except through the maternal lines, but you will find some there. Suzanne On Tuesday, January 8, 2013 2:43:25 AM UTC-6, amy...@xtra.co.nz wrote: Hi All, I am

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Avila, no time period, no location

2012-09-26 Thread sdarosa
Here are the Avilas/Avelar's in my line *1. Maria Emilia Furtada de Avelar *m. Jorge Joze Gabriel Garcia 27 feb 1843, Velas *2. Rosa Emilia da Rosa Furtada de Avelar *m. Joao Pereira da Rosa 1848, Velas *3. Victorina claudina de Avelar* b. 1801, d. 1882, b. Urzelina, lived in Velas *4. Maria de

[AZORES-Genealogy] definition of the word cabonguiero

2012-08-17 Thread sdarosa
Hi, I have a record that lists a man as being single cabonguiero' and was wondering if anyone knows what the meaning of this word is? thank you Suzanne da Rosa -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: can someone help reading a record?

2012-05-09 Thread sdarosa
Hi Ary, thanks. I had about that much. I was wondering if any other family names were listed in the record. Usually not in that time period, but sometimes they mention other family. thanks for having a look Suzanne On May 7, 1:55 pm, aryasan...@uol.com.br wrote: Hi Suzanne Nancy, The

[AZORES-Genealogy] Oral histories, portugese interviews in the U.C. Berkeley Bancroft Library

2012-03-25 Thread sdarosa
I was looking online today for portuguese societies in San Francisco, CA to see if I could find anything new and ran across this collection of oral histories of the Azores: http://bancroft.berkeley.edu/ROHO/projects/portuguese/ It is a series on oral histories which are in the UC Berkeley

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: here are the two records for Carlos Maria Filomena

2012-03-09 Thread sdarosa
Thanks Ary, Do you know if the date at the end of each one is the date of death? Does anyone know if the references to books are references to the actual death record? thank you Suzanne da Rosa Researching family who all seem to be from Sao Jorge, and mostly Velas, with a few mixed in from Norte

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Need help with record

2012-03-05 Thread sdarosa
Ponta Delgada, and Achada Grande, Sao Miguel, Acores -Original Message- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of sdarosa Sent: Sunday, March 04, 2012 8:52 AM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Need help with record Richard

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Need help with record

2012-03-04 Thread sdarosa
Richard, do you have da Pontes in your sao Miguel line? I just found a marriage of my gr grandfather's niece, who is from Velas, married a da Ponte in 1888 who was from Agua da Pace, Sao Miguel. They were both living in Velas. This is my first record of anyone marrying someone from off the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Finder Success Lesson Learned

2012-03-02 Thread sdarosa
, Riberia Grande, Bretanha, Achada Grande, Ponta  Delgada. -Original Message- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of sdarosa Sent: Friday, March 02, 2012 1:45 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Finder Success Lesson

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Hayward (CA) City Directories

2012-02-28 Thread sdarosa
You may have already looked here, but the San Francisco Genealogy site has various alameda county records, including polk directories. Don't know which have Haywayrd in them, but there's quite a few records online here: http://www.sfgenealogy.com/alameda/aldata.htm I also noticed somewhere on

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Centro de Conhecimento dos Açores website

2012-02-18 Thread sdarosa
Hi Cheri, the main page with the map of the Islands comes up BUT when you click on the Islands, you get a drop down search it says it doesn't find any records. I think it's not totally up and running yet. FYI, I have saved links to records from the old site and they do not work anymore either.

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Velas index at the end of 1689-1700 book

2012-02-18 Thread sdarosa
Hi, I just posted this and see that the document that I attached does not show up. I emailed it from my regular email. Is there another way to post a document here? There are no options from the site that I can find. thanks, Suzanne On Feb 18, 9:25 am, Suzanne suzanne.dar...@gmail.com wrote:

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: reading Maria Furtada's birth record do I have her father's name correct?

2012-02-18 Thread sdarosa
Ok, I can see that! Thanks. I'm looking for other children now, I had figured another record might clear it up. It's so easy to make up names from the old style of writing.! Nunes is sprinkled throughout my line in the 16-1700's especially. We'll see what materializes. I'll keep you posted I

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: reading Maria Furtada's birth record do I have her father's name correct?

2012-02-18 Thread sdarosa
Some of these records remind me of those photos which if you stare at them long enough you see a message or another picture. They are like optical illusions. Then again, the stories I make up about the people I find in the records are kind of like that too. On Feb 18, 6:48 pm, sdarosa

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help reading two fathers last names

2012-02-13 Thread sdarosa
, sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com wrote: I was wondering if someone would mind having a look at this record for the marriage of Manoel Furtado de Mendonça to Maria de Avila, 1723. http://pg.azores.gov.pt/drac/cca/biblioteca_digital/SJVVC1701-1734/SJ... I am doing research on the Manoel's

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help reading two fathers last names

2012-02-13 Thread sdarosa
other mystery shows up! If anyone is searching for a Joze Ferreria or Maria Furtado, Velas, would have been born mid 1600's, let me know Suzanne On Feb 13, 7:42 am, sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com wrote: Margaret, I can definitely see that it could be Ferreira. The letter F is the same as the F

[AZORES-Genealogy] Help reading two fathers last names

2012-02-12 Thread sdarosa
I was wondering if someone would mind having a look at this record for the marriage of Manoel Furtado de Mendonça to Maria de Avila, 1723. http://pg.azores.gov.pt/drac/cca/biblioteca_digital/SJVVC1701-1734/SJVVC1701-1734_item1/P92.html I am doing research on the Manoel's father and mother. In

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help reading two fathers last names

2012-02-12 Thread sdarosa
Hi Shirley, How do you attach a document here? Suzanne On Feb 12, 2:57 pm, Shirley Allegre shir...@digitalpath.net wrote: I tried getting into that website.  I couldn't do it. Can you please send a copy of the document? Shirley in CA - Original Message - From: sdarosa

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: question about

2012-02-11 Thread sdarosa
hope I have not been too discouraging. John Miranda Raposo From: sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com To: Azores Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Wednesday, February 8, 2012 5:58 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] question about I have a question about how to look for information regarding my

[AZORES-Genealogy] question about

2012-02-08 Thread sdarosa
I have a question about how to look for information regarding my gr gr grandmother who was left on the doorstep of a family, Urzelina, Sao Jorge. The early records for her show that her parents were unknown. But 25 years later, as I read her children's birth and marriage records, it shows her

[AZORES-Genealogy] Need helpi reading parts of this obituary.. victorina Claudina Furtado, Velas, Sao Jorge

2012-02-03 Thread sdarosa
. …? = On Jan 11, 5:28 pm, sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com wrote: Hi, I was wondering if someone would mind reading a birth record for me. I don't usually have trouble but this one, seems there is a new priest and the order of things is not per usual. The record

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: need help reading a record searching for other Furtados Furtado de Mendonça's from Sao Jorge

2012-01-13 Thread sdarosa
for the attachment to the baptism books.  Are other books like this accessible on line? Possibly from Rabo de Peixe (yes I'm hopeful) Frannie ---Original Message--- From: sdarosa Date: 1/12/2012 5:21:39 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] need help reading

[AZORES-Genealogy] need help reading a record searching for other Furtados Furtado de Mendonça's from Sao Jorge

2012-01-12 Thread sdarosa
Hi, I was wondering if someone would mind reading a birth record for me. I don't usually have trouble but this one, seems there is a new priest and the order of things is not per usual. The record is here:

[AZORES-Genealogy] San Francisco, California Online records

2011-09-02 Thread sdarosa
I wanted to remind everyone who has relatives that lived in San Francisco area from the 1850's forward, the SF Genealogy site has a wealth of free, online data including The San Francisco Call Newspaper indexes by Jim Faulkinbury, a collection of SF City directories 1850 - 1982 - that are

[AZORES-Genealogy] Free searchable San Mateo County CA naturalization indexes online

2011-06-11 Thread sdarosa
In case anyone had relatives from the late 1800's through 1983 who may have been naturalized in San Mateo County, there are free indexes online. there are a lot of portuguese/Azorean names in these indexes. San Mateo County naturalization indexes: 1860's to 1906:

[AZORES-Genealogy] Help with translation re: padrinos

2011-06-06 Thread sdarosa
would someone mind looking at the padrinos in this record and tell me if I'm reading it right? The first record on the top right page. http://pg.azores.gov.pt/drac/cca/biblioteca_digital/SJVVB1660-1700/SJVVB1660-1700_item1/P305.html What I think it says is this - Padrinos, captain Francisco de

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: when someone is buried in the church...

2011-05-22 Thread sdarosa
there are no markers, unless it is a person or religious person of certain importance where they will have a stone with the respective markings on the ground or area where they were buried. Best, Margaret On Wed, May 18, 2011 at 1:32 PM, sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com wrote: I have

[AZORES-Genealogy] Great passenger lists on ancestry.com

2011-05-20 Thread sdarosa
I was searching passenger lists on Ancestry.com and discovered these passenger lists: All Atlantic Ports Passenger Lists, 1820-1873 and 1893-1959 http://search.ancestry.com/search/db.aspx?dbid=8758enc=1 I haven't personally found my ancestors but thousands of names from the Islands are in here

[AZORES-Genealogy] when someone is buried in the church...

2011-05-18 Thread sdarosa
I have a record of my gr gr gr grandmother's death which said she was buried in the church in Velas. When someone is buried in the church is the burial still there or are bodies moved after a certain period of time. I'm wondering if you go to the church if there is a tomb or cemetery that would

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Whalers Museum

2011-05-15 Thread sdarosa
family members looking for any details of their arrival for years now with no success. Best Wishes Chris On May 15, 7:57 am, sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com wrote: Here's the link to the search page http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/Library/Whaling/Whaling.html On May 13, 12:55 am

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Whalers Museum

2011-05-14 Thread sdarosa
Here's the link to the search page http://www.newbedford-ma.gov/Library/Whaling/Whaling.html On May 13, 12:55 am, cmurray56 cmurra...@yahoo.com.au wrote: Hi,  can you please help me with instructions on how i get to the site for Whalers crews from Azores? Im still trying to find how Francisco

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Where would someone from Velas apply for a passport applications in the late 1840's?

2011-05-12 Thread sdarosa
Hi Cheri, thanks - Do you know where someone from Velas/Sao Jorge would have applied for a passort? Suzanne On May 12, 1:08 am, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: Suzanne D, No, the only ones online are the ones you see for Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel island.  It is the intent of the CCA to

[AZORES-Genealogy] confession logs

2011-05-10 Thread sdarosa
I read somewhere that there are things called confession logs It was explained as a kind of a census taken by the church each easter. Names and addresses of the people living in the area were listed in these logs. does anyone know about this and if there are any for Sao Jorge? Suzanne -- To

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Where do women and children go when a father dies?

2011-05-09 Thread sdarosa
We'll see what we discover. the three eldest daughters were already married then and living in Velas, all of them - they show children of their own as well but so far no sign of the remaining sisters (ages 15-18) getting married in Velas or a few of the surrounding towns. I am going through the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Where do women and children go when a father dies?

2011-05-09 Thread sdarosa
Lynn, I do have ancestry, which is bringing up nothing so far for 1848 - 1870 - will keep looking though. On May 9, 11:19 am, Chocolynn chocol...@comcast.net wrote: In the 1918 flu epidemic, the mother instead of father died: Maria (de Luz) Caton/Caetano left behind her husband, William Willie

[AZORES-Genealogy] Where do women and children go when a father dies?

2011-05-08 Thread sdarosa
Just for reference, I have been searching forward on my da Rosa Furtado de Menconça line. My gr gr grandfather (a fisherman from Velas) died in 1846. He left 7 children, 5 still at home ages 10-15. Two years later one daughter married, leaving 3 more daughters and my gr grandfather. In

[AZORES-Genealogy] Clarification on grandparents naming...- can someone help translate this sentence?

2011-05-03 Thread sdarosa
I am going through birth records of my gr grandfather Joseph da Rosa Furtado's siblings. There are various ways that they list the father and grandfather. The one I am most curious about is this one which says Anna, filha de Joze da Roza Furtado, filho d’Antonio da Roza, digo, d’Antonio

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Clarification on grandparents naming...- can someone help translate this sentence?

2011-05-03 Thread sdarosa
Hi Cheri, I have the record scanned - how do I send it to the list? I thought that digo meant 'I meant to say' but wasn't sure by naming tradition.. I was wondering does the child take the father's name first, then the mother's? etc Suzanne On May 3, 11:51 am, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com

[AZORES-Genealogy] link to the document: Re: Clarification on grandparents naming...- can someone help translate this sentence?

2011-05-03 Thread sdarosa
I uploaded the picture to my site: http://babkirk.com/1821annadauofjozedarosadeantoniodarozafurtado.jpg Suzanne On May 3, 11:51 am, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: Suzanne, I think you should scan the record and send it to the list. Anna, daughter of Joze da Roza Furtado, son of

[AZORES-Genealogy] Help translating? UPDATE re: death of Jose da Rosa Furtado de Mendonca....sao jorge Re: Searching ancestors - da Rosa (Roza), Furtado de Mendonca, de Avelar, Pereira de Avila, Bette

2011-04-25 Thread sdarosa
/SJVVO1826-1855_item1/P191.html Is there anyone who can translate this for me? I understand the part through the names/dates but am wondering if it mentinons any other family names etc. lower down. thanks suzanne On Apr 22, 8:30 pm, sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com wrote: Dolores, My gr

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help translating? UPDATE re: death of Jose da Rosa Furtado de Mendonca....sao jorge Re: Searching ancestors - da Rosa (Roza), Furtado de Mendonca, de Avelar, Pereira de Avila, B

2011-04-25 Thread sdarosa
children, 5 that are minors, no names listed. mnk On Apr 25, 8:54 am, sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com wrote: I have a new record to my line, an update to my #2 gr gr gr grandfather: Generation No. 2 (above) 2. José da Rosa Furtado de Mendonça, born 4 Fevereiro 1800 in Velas, São Jorge

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help translating? UPDATE re: death of Jose da Rosa Furtado de Mendonca....sao jorge Re: Searching ancestors - da Rosa (Roza), Furtado de Mendonca, de Avelar, Pereira de Avila, B

2011-04-25 Thread sdarosa
/drac/cca/biblioteca_digital/SJVVO1826-1855/SJ... Is there anyone who can translate this for me? I understand the part through the names/dates but am wondering if it mentinons any other family names etc. lower down. thanks suzanne On Apr 22, 8:30 pm, sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com wrote

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Searching ancestors - da Rosa (Roza), Furtado de Mendonca, de Avelar, Pereira de Avila, Bettencourt, Conceicao...

2011-04-22 Thread sdarosa
1850, and were in the US by 1860. Thanks, Dolores Coyle On Thu, Apr 21, 2011 at 3:40 PM, sdarosa suzanne.dar...@gmail.com wrote: Hello, I haven't posted to the group in a long time and was wondering if anyone has connections to some of the families in my line listed in the research below

[AZORES-Genealogy] Searching ancestors - da Rosa (Roza), Furtado de Mendonca, de Avelar, Pereira de Avila, Bettencourt, Conceicao...

2011-04-21 Thread sdarosa
Hello, I haven't posted to the group in a long time and was wondering if anyone has connections to some of the families in my line listed in the research below. \ Surnames are: da Rosa, da Roza, Furtado deMendonça, de Avelar, de Ávila, da Conceição, Pereira de Ávila, Pereira de Ávila Bettencourt,