Hi Ricardo, How nice to hear from another Chaves, even if we are not related. My paternal line is de Medeiros Chaves from Capelas. I have traced them back to the 1600's in Sao Miguel, but am unable to connect to Santa Maria where I'm pretty sure they came from. I enjoyed reading your blog, and noticed your wife is from Nordeste. My maternal line is Franco Pacheco from Pedreira. I have that line back to 1460. I also have Furtado in Pedreira and Achada, and Melo Botelho from Santo Antonio alem Capelas. If anything sounds familiar, let me know. I'm happy to share. Best of luck, Judi
> Date: Wed, 20 Jul 2011 18:16:46 -0700 > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] introduction myself to the group > From: [email protected] > To: [email protected] > > Hello researchers, > > I would like to say hi to all here, my name is Ricardo Chaves, I still > have a lot of work to do but already done some research with baptism > books and after many hours of work, I got my first results. I am at my > 6th generation on my father's side. Chaves. I was born in Santa Maria, > I live in Sao Miguel for 17 years. I don't do Genealogy as a full time > job, I do it at free time. My main goal is to write a book for my > family. I try to research all names I can, including my wife's side > too. I also love to work with old pictures. > > I sincerely hope to find some connections here, although I believe no > one in my most direct family is doing this, as far as I know, I am the > only one that had made some "longer" steps. > > These are the names on my father side: Chaves and Carvalho from Santo > Espirito-Santa Maria, Tavares and Resendes from Ribeira Grande-Sao > Miguel), Rocha from Santo Antonio - São Miguel), and more. > > These are the names on me mother side: Ponte from Lomba do Botao - > Povoacao - Sao Miguel, Freitas from Santa Barbara - Santa Maria, > Cabral from Sao Pedro - Santa Maria, and much more. > > I have been doing it for over 4 years but very slowly, this to say > that I am not an expert but have learned a lot by reading and talking > with people. I hope I can be of any help here and hope mostly to learn > and find roots. > > Thank you all for reading, more here www.rchaves.com/blog > > Ricardo Chaves > > -- > 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."
