Nancy: What a wondrful blessing!!
I know that feeling of sitting in disbelief when you finally see the names in front of you of the person you have been searching for for so long. it is so great when you find that ancestor. Thanks so much for sharing that whole experience. It gives me hope for some of those elusive ancestors. Warm regards, Maria Elena On Tue, Oct 21, 2008 at 12:29 PM, nancy jean baptiste < [EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > Greetings Group, > > I am so excited!!!!!! I never thought I would find my paternal > ggrandfather...my Dads father and mother were separated when he was 3 and he > didn't know much about him or his family.....we had no idea which island he > was from or even his real name. My Dad ....Joseph Cardoza Baptiste thought > his grandfathers name was Antone C. Baptiste......father of John Cabral > Baptiste....father of my Dad, Joseph and his brother John....... > Elaine helped me by finding my grandfather Johns birth certificate in New > Bedford and it had his parents listed as Antonio T. Baptista from Sao > Jorge.....she then found Antonios death certificate so I knew his age...(or > so I thought....he was actually born in 1835...not 1838). She also found his > marriage to my ggrandmother....Maria Cabral...from Santa Maria....on the > certificate....his parents names were listed.....Jose J. Baptista and Agueda > M. of Sao Jorge. > So.....I started looking at all the baptisms on the CCA site for Sao Jorge > ......I looked for 10 years before 1838 and 10 years after 1838......I came > across a Baptista family in Ribiera Seca and saw the name a couple of times > in Calheta and Norte Peqeno....when the Topo records came on I felt like I'd > found a gold mine.....lots of Baptistas........many of them linked to a Jose > Texiera Baptista and a Maria de San Jose....... finally this morning I found > it......I just sat and stared at the record in disbelief!!!! > > Antonio....son of Joam Jose Baptista and Agada Maria!!!!!! Grandson of Jose > Texiera Baptista and Maria de San Jose!!!!! I know it's him........ > > Could some one else read the record with me so that I have a complete > translation.....? > > It's on the CCa site....Topo Baptisms for 1828....page # 152...... > > Thank you to all of you and especially Elaine! > Nancy Jean Baptiste (a) > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ------------------------------ > You live life beyond your PC. So now Windows goes beyond your PC. See > how<http://clk.atdmt.com/MRT/go/115298556/direct/01/> > > > --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
