Hi Marie -- Thanks for your note. With those surnames, and from Lajes do Pico, it does seem likely we have one or more connections somewhere back there...
I was going to reply privately, but then I thought there might be other folks with Lajes do Pico ancestors who tie in as well, so we might as well all see where there might be any connections. In my case the UMinho NEPS or CITCEM genealogies have already done a lot of the work (although I do intend to go back and substantiate their genealogies from the original records), so if you have ancestors who also appear in those genealogies it will probably be easy for us to trace at least some links, if they exist. My entry point into the NEPS/CITCEM genealogies is my great-grandfather, who was born Francisco Ignácio (de) Macedo in Lajes do Pico, on Mar. 9, 1858. In the US, he anglicized his name to Frank M. Enos and was known for being the first police officer of Portuguese origin to serve in New Bedford, MA, and as one of the founders of St. John the Baptist Church. He was the son of José Silveira Cardoso and Maria (do) Carmo (de) Macedo. (Sometimes they used the "do" and "de"; sometimes they didn't.) Francisco/Frank can be found in the genealogies at this link: http://www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt/geneweb/gwd.exe?b=Lajes;lang=pt;i=7932;oc=364 Let me know if we connect anywhere! David da Silva Cornell Miami, FL Researching the following surnames: Faial - Terra (unknown freguesia(s)) Flores - Freitas, Lourenço, Coelho (unknown freguesia(s)) Pico - Silveira Cardoso, Macedo, Machado, Pereira Madruga, Ferreira, Cardoso, Cardoso Machado, Vieira, Bettencourt, Dutra, Castanho, Homem, Goulart, Quaresma, Moniz, Barreto, Silveira, Pereira, Álvares (all Lajes do Pico) S. Jorge - Silva, Botelho, Azevedo, Cardoso (Urzelina); Silva, Azevedo, Cardoso (Santo António in Norte Grande) -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
