Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Guidance on finding records for my great-grandfather born in Santa Luzia, Pico

2018-08-17 Thread Cheri Mello
Just know that Lajes could mean Lajes itself or somewhere in the council (county) of Lajes. And just because Manuel was accurate on his birth does not mean that Lucinda was. Luckily, the name Lucinda is no where near as popular as Manuel. So look at every Lucinda for a dad named João Rodrigues and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Guidance on finding records for my great-grandfather born in Santa Luzia, Pico

2018-08-17 Thread Lori Rose
Wow! Thank you so much Cherithat's so amazing. I found a note for Lucinda "lazes" which I guess could be Lajes, so I'll start there :) Thanks again! On Friday, August 17, 2018 at 7:43:07 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Hi Lori R, > > Many of us could not "read" the Portuguese handwritten

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Guidance on finding records for my great-grandfather born in Santa Luzia, Pico

2018-08-17 Thread 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy
Nice job Cheri! > On Aug 17, 2018, at 7:42 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Hi Lori R, > > Many of us could not "read" the Portuguese handwritten records, but learned > how. There are some guides to help you on the Azores GenWeb. If you don't > want to do it yourself, there's also some researchers

[AZORES-Genealogy] Guidance on finding records for my great-grandfather born in Santa Luzia, Pico

2018-08-17 Thread Lori Rose
I have the following information. American name is Manuel Rose. Immigrated in Dec 1892 on the SS Vega; born on 9 September 1874 Santa Luzia do Pico (this information was listed in his Alien registration file). I found a passenger list from Dec 1892 that lists a Manoel de Rosa but have been un