Caetano is a common given name and a common surname in Flores. There is no village of Caetano I've seen there. The link to Azores records online is:
http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/ Without establishing her birthplace, then parents birthplace, the records are just a blind fishing expedition. Eric Edgar On Tue, Jul 16, 2013 at 7:15 AM, Cindy D <[email protected]> wrote: > I have Caetano from Lages, Flores in my maternal side, although haven't > accumulated enough documentation to know exactly how it all connects. I'm > still floundering around with all the surname confusion. My > g-g-grandmother was Caetano according to my g-grandmother's birth record > from Lages, Flores....heck, I thought Caetano was the name of a village. > Learning more as I go along. My g-grandmother came to New > Bedford/Fairhaven when she was 15 in 1895, she lived and died in 1957 in > Bristol County, Mass. > > You can search the Flores church records online which is how I found my > g-grandma's birth record. I also found her parents marriage after studying > a few Portuguese words to help me and using Bing's translator, I'm sure the > administrators have the link they can post for you. > > > Cindy D > Out on the hot Kansas Prairie where being steamed means something else. > > > On Saturday, July 13, 2013 2:17:29 PM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: >> >> My great grandmother died in 1953, when I was 5, said name was Caton. >> Filomema Polycena. Said her parents were from Flores. Her mother was >> pregnant with her, one of 14?. Went to Mass., then Ashland area of Bay Area >> because other family/friends lived there. Somewhere around turn of the >> century, both parents died of possibly influenza. All children given to >> family and or friends. Great Grandma was give to friend of Father's who >> lived in Mission San Jose. Married eventually to Manuel Alvernaz from >> Pico,changed name to Harvey. I don't know why, maybe sounded more >> "Americanized.I was blessed to have known her. She had 4 children, 2 dying >> in a terrible home fire when stove exploded., and My Grandmother, Helen >> Evelyn Alvernaz Harvey, died in 1970, and Clarence Harvey,died in the late >> 1980s.My Portuguese side has connections deeply in Mission San Jose.Family >> names, Caetano, Caton, Garcia, Andrade, and Harvey.Would appreciate any >> info, especially about Ashland years or those in Massachusetts. Also all >> very active in Holy Ghost Festas,Garcia from Castelo Blanco,Fayal. > > -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
