[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Maker

Not specific to the Azores, but a handy tip I recently came across for those using Family Tree Maker and synchronizing with Ancestry.com. I mainly use it to have a copy of my ancestry.com tree, sources and media on a local system where I control the data. Yes, I'm afraid of clouds ;-) To

[AZORES-Genealogy] Vasconcellos - DNA match

Got my FamilyTreeDNA results tonight. One 2nd Cousin from the Hickman side of the family. Looks like they may live close too. Also got a 5th cousin hit on John Vasconcellos. Now I need to read up on how this DNA stuff works ;-) How realistic is it to find a link in the 5th cousin realm?

[AZORES-Genealogy] Vasconcellos or Vasconcelos from Guadalupe, Graciosa, Azores

I'm trying to find information on my family's ancestry back to the Azores. My grandfather is generation 1 (William Vasconcellos). Seems that they came over as Vasconcellos (two L's), but other spelling seems to indicate on L. For the US side of the family, I have two and the Azores side has