This is my line on Borges from Riberia Grande, Sao Miguel. I don't know if there is a connection.
My grandfather did come to this country and Bermuda in the early 1900's for work as a custom furniture maker, but went back to Sao Miguel. He was the eldest and had three sisters; Judite, Marquinas, Sophia. His father died in the 1890's. Mother Maria Rosa remarried and came to the US and had four more daughters. Maria Rosa is the descendant of the Cabral/Velhos/Travassos lines. My mother is Ines Estrella Borges Furtado. Linda Borges Furtado Norton -----Original Message----- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Tiffany Borges Sent: Thursday, December 08, 2011 5:30 AM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Online database of birth or baptismal records? Hi hi hi! Writing from Alaska with a general question: I am researching my husband's grandparents' lives and emigration from the Azores. I see the post regarding baptismal records and am wondering if these have been compiled somewhere online? Or are people providing these from family records and scanning them in, for individual input? In our case, we have two handwritten birth records which I've tried to translate using the online sites, to little avail. I am overwhelmed but energized to find all of you! The towns I am focused on are Praia de Vitoria and Ribeirinha, surnames Borges and Voz Toste respectively. They both departed in 1917-1920 and married in California. I'm also coming to a dead end when looking online for marriage records. Hoping to contact all of the Catholic Churches in the county which were there in that era, maybe that's a start? Thank you for any leads. My thoughts are scattered and I am a beginner, so I apologize for being all over the ... map. ; ) -- 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." -- 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."
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