This is great, already some information. Thank you for your quick response. I have quite a bit of work ahead of me I see.
On Wednesday, October 9, 2013 11:22:28 PM UTC-6, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: > > Hello Jennifer, > > You are fairly closely related to a very good genealogist named David > Bertao who wrote the book on the California Whalers a few years back. > I don't know if he is active these days, but he used to do it a lot when > you had to be in Portugal to see the books at the archive. > I send him things I find on his ancestors from time to time, so am still > in touch. > > About your Lemos line, unfortunately, her father, Joaquim Machado de Lemos > was an "exposto" which means his mother abandoned him and he was raised > with the help of the government there. > His parents are unknown. But his wife was from Sao Jorge and her ancestry > is possible to trace. > > For your Bertao line, I have always paid attention to all by this name > because I am related to all of them, even though I don't have this surname > in my own direct line. > > The father of the first named Bertao in Terceira was the brother of my > ancestor, children of Antonio Alvares, born maybe about 1580. > > I hope you plan to get the Family Finder test, because you are sure to > find many relatives with ancestors in this part of Terceira that link to > you. > I don't know if my DNA will match at a high enough level to show a link > between us, but the link is there. > > And you'll find it interesting that your direct paternal line is not > actually Bertao. As you go back in time, Bertao came from a maternal branch. > Your oldest known male line ancestor is actually Costa and I think his > wife is the sister to one of my ancestors, making yet another remote link. > :-) > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Victorino Machado Pereira de Bertao and > Amelia Da Conceicao Lemos > From: Jennifer Dodson <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Wed, October 09, 2013 3:35 pm > To: [email protected] <javascript:> > > I am looking for more information on my great grandparents, Victorino > Machado Pereira de Bertao b. 10 May 1876 Sao Mateus, Terceira, Azores d. > 15 Jul 1951 Sacramento, Sacramento, CA. I am looking for information about > ther family prior to immigrating to the states in 1907 and 1909. I know > his father's name was Ernesto and his mother was Mary Carlotta. > My great grandmother's name was Amelia Da Conceicao Lemos b. 21 Mar 1888 > Sao Mateus, Terceira, Azores her parents were Joaquim Machado de Lemos > and Isabel Mariana. > If anyone can point me in the correct direction as to where I might find > more information, I would be very appreciative. > Thank you very much! > -- > > -- 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.
