Hi John, I usually lurk in the background, only you peaked my interest. I also have found Flores to be a hard nut to crack. You mention a marriage of Manoel Pimentel to Isabel de Freitas. I was wondering if you have any info on a Monica Pimentel that married Joao de Fraga 09/Jan/1677/78. Her parents are listed as Bartolomeu Coelho and Maria Pimentel. I don't get to do much research as I now have to use the library and it is not very convenient to get to as I have my grand babies most of the time. I have found Flores quite difficult. Margie In a message dated 6/6/2010 9:32:57 P.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I've become envious of the "Ponta Garca Gang" and the "Cabral Travassos Country Club" and their good fortune in finding cousins. So I hereby establish the "Flores Genealogy and Drinking Society". We Flores people are not so fortunate as our more easterly "cousins". Flores was subject to the plunderings of Pirates and Privateers which took a toll on our ancestors and their institutions. According to historical accounts, Flores was attacked by Privateers in the mid 1600's who burned every church on the Island. As a result most records before the late 1600's were lost. Even the records on neighboring Corvo go back earlier, to the early 1600's, as I recall. The earliest documented marriage that I have discovered among my ancestors was that of Manoel Pimentel to Isabel de Freitas, Nov 26, 1692, Santa Cruz, Flores who were my 4G Grandparents (He had been married previously, in the 1680's as I recall). His parents were Domingos Nunes and Marianna Fraga, date and place of birth unknown although it was probably Santa Cruz, Flores. I would venture a guess that Marianna was related to Diogo das Chagas, whose mother was also a Fraga. Her parents were Domingos Fernandez and Catarina de Freitas. How about it, any cousins out there with these same ancestors? John Vasconcelos -- 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_ (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." -- 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."
