Welcome Ricardo! I am currently researching my roots from Sao Miguel. Which is my Fernandes and Furtado line. I am only to my 4th great grandparents. They were from Fajã de Cima and Fajã de Baixo. It's taken me 6 years to get that far. First I am only able to research part time like you and second because my great grandfather was killed when my grandmother was 2 and she only knew his name and her grandmother's first name and married name from her second marriage. Also, my grandmother died before I started my research so I only have my mother and aunt to try and remember bits of information. My mother is nearly eighty and my aunt is 84 so their information is not always that reliable or helpful.
It's nice to know that we have someone in the group who has lived in Sao Miguel. (Of course there could be others that I don't know of too) Who knows, maybe our lines will end up crossing somewhere. The world is awfully small sometimes. Anyway, it's good to have you in the group. Jacki Gentry Pittsburg, CA Surnames: Medeiros, Fernandes, Pereira, Pacheco, Machado, Furtado Islands: Cedros, Faial and Faja de Cima, Sao Miguel -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of rchaves Sent: Wednesday, July 20, 2011 6:17 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] introduction myself to the group 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."
