Bob,
The main website for NEPS is: www.neps.ics.uminho.pt/ When it comes up, go to the word Genealogias with the cursor and a pull-down menu will appear. Move the cursor to the word Acores and you'll see another menu appear to the right. Go to Ilha do Pico. Not all islands are listed yet, nor are all villages from each island that is show. :-( Or, you can go directly to Pico's section by using: www.neps.ics.uminho.pt/ilhadopico.html Next, you'll see a map. Move the cursor to the section (concelho) of the island you want to search, e.g. Madalena. A new page will appear with the villages (freguesias) listed. These are links, so click on the one you want, e.g. S. Mateus e S. Caetano . Somewhere down the page will be an arrow with the words "clique aqui para aceder as Genealogias" so simply click on the arrow. The page that follows will be in Portuguese and is ready to enter a name in the box to conduct your search. However, if you want the page in English, then click on the Union Jack flag. Or, pick any other language associated with one of the flags pictured. You're now ready to go to town with your searches. Be sure to try different combinations of names, sometimes leaving one out. Usually, its spelling is not an issue. The website will recognized Silveira and Sylviera as the same name. Note: if you click on any of the small arrows that show up on the results pages, it'll take you back to the beginning of the search and erase the person's name making you start all over again. I simply use my browser's button which allows me to go forward/back a page. For me, its less frustrating. Now, the bad news: Bandeiras is not listed as a separate village. You'll find it included with Madalena and Candelaria under Concelho da Madalena. If you find your grandmother's family and it spreads into Candelaria, be sure to get back to me as that's where my grandmother was raised. Hope my instructions help. If not, let me know and I'll try again. Gayle -----Original Message----- From: Robert Ross <[email protected]> To: azores <[email protected]> Sent: Fri, Sep 21, 2012 7:42 pm Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joaquim Francisco Avila Attn: Gayle Hi Gayle, Thank you very much for the website tip. I was able to confirm my grandfather's Lajes do Pico family from his and his sister's birthdates (which I knew). Traced back to 5X greatgrandparents :Antonio Goulart Rosa (d.1781) and Maria Piedade (d.1770). I thought I could get information on my grandmother's town by dividing the URL and adding "Bandeiras". It didn't work, however. Do you happen to know of the home website where I can enter other Pico towns? Thanks Again, Bob [email protected] On Sep 19, 2012, at 11:08 PM, [email protected] wrote: Bob, Would the following website be of interest to you ? www.neps.ics.uminho.pt/geneweb/gwd.exe?b=Lajes;lang=en;p=maria;n=macedo;oc=7 Gayle -----Original Message----- From: Robert Ross <[email protected]> To: azores <[email protected]> Sent: Wed, Sep 19, 2012 10:11 pm Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joaquim Francisco Avila Hello Linda, I have some some coincidences in my searches to yours (though there are stumbling blocks, too): Both of my maternal grandparents were born on Pico. Adelaide Caroline Costa, my grandmother, came to the U.S. in 1910 and was from Bandeiras. Antonio Inacio de Brum, my grandfather came in 1892 and was from Lages do Pico. His last name was Americanized [and misspelled] from Inacio to Enas. My grandfather's maternal grandmother was a Maria Macedo. I only have a date for her death, 1893. Trouble is that I have a Antonio Louis Bettencourt as her spouse, not Joaquim Francisco Avila. If your Maria and my Maria were similar in age, my Maria could have been biologically able to give birth to a daughter (also named Maria) who gave birth to my grandfather in 1879. (maybe?) Anyway, everyone in my grandfather's family was from Lages do Pico and I only know of his sister moving to the U.S. Antonio's family (Enas) settled in Visalia, California. Antonio's sister (Mrs. Joseph Pedro), settled in Pendleton, Oregon. Good Luck on your search. I've found there are popular names that seem to be used over again for different reasons. Lages seems like a small place with "dozens and dozens of cousins". Bob Ross [email protected] On Sep 1, 2012, at 12:46 AM, David Leitz wrote: Does anyone have any info on a Joaquim Francisco Avila born April 2, 1823 in Lajes do Pico. He married a Maria Macedo (Maria Conceicao) in 1859 and had several children. According to my grandmother 2 of the daughters moved to the U.S. One died when she was young - (maybe 40 +or-), was married to an alcoholic husband. My grandmother was not sure why she died and what happened to the other aunt. Any info, or ideas where to start looking, would be appreciated. Thanks, Linda Leitz -- 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. 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