Tish and Pat, Thank you so much! This is my Grandmother's family - the Furtado and D'Estrella then Pimental family. It's so hard to keep up with them with all the name and spelling changes. Pat - I just wanted to let you know that your book has in fact helped out so much!!! My cousin Tess went to Bermuda years ago and used your book to bring us back info on the family. I had no idea my grandmother was born there, we all thought she was born here in Rhode Island. So interesting! I searched amazon.com to try to buy a copy of your book but found it was out of print. So I went to my local library and asked them to get me a loaner copy which came from out west. It took over a week to get but was worth the wait. If you have any copies of the book I would be interested in purchasing a copy. Also if you find any additional info on the family I would love to hear from you. Thanks so much for all the time you invested in putting "The Portuguese Bermudians" together. I know it was a labor of love and extremely time consuming and just wanted to let you know how much I appreciated all the time you spent. Thanks so very much!! Donna Dutra Wood [email protected]
-----Original Message----- From: Tish M <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thu, Sep 30, 2010 12:41 pm Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Bermudian Portuguese, furtadi, parents of august furtadi & angelina furtadi born massasz, bbr#323,851 and 1st Pimental birth 1905 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 [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." -- 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."
