[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Sebastiao Vieira-Help with Grandparents names

2012-10-31 Thread BaltarFamily
I took a quick look and it looks, for me, Margarida d'Assunção. There is a "s" between the A and the "S", Assunção is a more common name than Ascenção. I may be wrong too. Isabella Baltar myportuguesegen.blogspot.com On Oct 29, 11:17 pm, Adrian Martins wrote: > I need some help deciphering the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Sebastiao Vieira-Help with Grandparents names

2012-10-31 Thread Shirley Allegre
The women didn't have surnames during that time period. Shirley in CA - Original Message - From: Adrian Martins To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, October 30, 2012 5:27 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Sebastiao Vieira-Help with Grandparents names Thank you

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Sebastiao Vieira-Help with Grandparents names

2012-10-30 Thread Cheri Mello
Adrian, No, if you find a baptism that says the baby was born to Manuel Martins and Maria da Gloria, you go and find Manuel & Maria's marriage. It will say Manuel was the son of A & B and that Maria da Gloria was the daughter of X & Y. It's a kind of weird thing that us Portuguese genealogists h

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Sebastiao Vieira-Help with Grandparents names

2012-10-30 Thread Adrian Martins
Thanks very much Cheri..I'll have a look. So much great info you have accumulated Cheri..really amazing! Last question for the night once you encounter a middle religious name instead of a maiden/surname is the search over in that person's tree? im not sure how you would trace that person ba

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Sebastiao Vieira-Help with Grandparents names

2012-10-30 Thread Cheri Mello
I found it: http://goo.gl/Q2wJ2 It lists the 3 time periods for births, marriages, and deaths and what can be found. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsub

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Sebastiao Vieira-Help with Grandparents names

2012-10-30 Thread Cheri Mello
Adrian, There are 3 time periods of records. I'm doing this off the top of my head, so the dates are approximate. 1st period: 1600s-1700s: The women are listed with surnames 2nd period: 1800s: The women are listed with their middle religious names only 3rd period: The women have surnames. The

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Sebastiao Vieira-Help with Grandparents names

2012-10-30 Thread Adrian Martins
Thank you both Marcio and Shirley..Very much appreciated. Do either of you have any idea why it is that the further back you go in the records it seems they don't list the maiden names of either the mother or grandmothers? I seem to be encountering this problem a lot. On Monday, October 29, 2