A headstone with a mysterious name is how my Azores genealogy started. The headstone next to my grandmother was "Maria Silveira Fuzila". My grandmother's mother's name was "Mary Perry Silveira". I wondered for the longest time if this could be an aunt or even my great grandmother. I obtained the death certificate for "Maria Silveira Fuzila" using the dates on the headstone and it turned out to be my great grandmother (verified by parent and spouse names on certificate). The death certificate listed her name as "Mary Silveira". No one in the family had ever heard the name Fuzila before. Through more research I found that my great grandfather sometimes used the name "Fuzila" with Silveira. Haven't figured out yet where that came from. Lisa In a message dated 6/1/2012 4:54:03 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, [email protected] writes:
I had never heard of the find a grave website so I gave it a try and located my gggrandparents grave and headstone. But I have a question, on my gggrandparents marriage certificate from St. John the Baptist church and their marriage license has my ggg grandfathers has his name listed as Jose Leal da Rosa, born 1845 died 1886. But on the headstone it has his name listed as Manuel J. Leal. So how do I confirm what his name is exactly if that is at all possible? I believe I'll need to know to get any farther in my search. Mike -- 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_ (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."
