I would like to make a friendly suggestion and I have mentioned it before but I really do think it is that important. I have noticed that many people in the Azores Project do not list the Island or the Village of their maternal or paternal ancestor even when that information is available this is too bad I will explain why. These islands were settled by a small number of people we are all related, James H. Guill wrote in his book A History of the Azores Islands that he believed that the islands were settled by about 2,000 families, I don't know if that can be verified but it is an indication that we are all descended from a relatively small source population. Currently there are about 250,000 people living in the Azores descendants of those original settlers with over 1,000,000 in North American and I suspect at least 10 times that amount in Brazil. In my own humble opinion in order to put the puzzle together it is also important to record the Village(freguesia) and island of our ancestors next to their names particularly because of the inconsistent way surnames were often handed down.
The DNA results are showing some patterns I have been doing some research on specific Y dna and Mtdna haplogroups and it is apparent the there are some interesting patterns showing up but unfortunately many people don't list their ancestral village or island not because of not having the information but because of not understanding the benefit of doing so. I believe I counted about 150 Y-DNA results in the Project that don't list even an island much less their ancestral Village. I do however want to say thank you to the person who is currently organizing the results it is really looking nice. Antonio Faria -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
