Hi, I sent my cousin an email to show her all of her work was not in vain, and that indeed it is being used by people to trace their ancestors. This is the message I received, and I thought I would share with you. She wrote the book, Portuguese Bermudians. She has just finished more records that should be available through the Bermuda registry as she just got back from there. So for you in Bermuda, you might want to check out her latest stuff.
Tish Hi Tish, My goodness, this was a surprise....just to know that people are interested is so wonderful.... I immediately looked up the information that I had here, and yes, I found four of the names: FURTADI, FEMALE - NOVEMBER 18,1906, SANDY'S PARISH, PARENTS AUGUST FURTADI & ANGELINA FURTADI BORN MASSASZ, BBR#323,851 FURTOS, MARY D'ESTRALEA, NOVEMBER 15, 1907, ST. EDWARD'S CHURCH, PEMBROKE PARISH, PARENTS AUGUSTUS FURTOS & ANGELINA MESRCIES, #SERCC FATADO, MALE, DECEMBER 19, 1907, SOUTHAMPTON, PARENTS AUGUST FATADO & ANGELINA FATADO BORN MADEIROS, BBR#24,658 FATADO, MARY DESTAR, JULY 11, 1909, SOUTHAMPTON, PARENTS AUGUST FATADO & ANGELINA FATADO BORN MADEIRA, BBR#25,737 Please note that the Church entry does not match the Registry entry...Also, prior to 1866, Christian names were not required to be registered.... As you can see, the language was quite a hardship...the spelling kept changing....I did not find them with the Pimental spelling...the first Pimental birth was in 1905...Manuel Pimento and Josephine Pimento born Marshall... Hope you both are well....thanks for sending me this nice e-mail.....Love, Pat -- sfig Researching Island: Santa Maria Freguesia: Santa Barbara -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
