Hi Mary. Welcome to the list! Especially from the small(er) group of Flores researchers.
This is the page on early 1854 baptisms in Lomba, Lajes das Flores: http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-LF-LOMBA-B-1844-1874/FLR-LF-LOMBA-B-1844-1874_item1/P40.html As you'll see there's three Francisco's there, but only the third is a Pimentel (the record uses the P.el abbreviation). However this one was born in March 1854. And the father is Manuel Pimentel Velho. From the looks of it, it's very likely your great-great-grandfather married in Providence RI sometime between 1890 and 1899. I'd suggest trying to find his US marriage record first, which might contain better information on his parent's names. Normally I'd tell you to buy the Casais das Flores e do Corvo ebook ( http://www.amazon.com/Casais-Flores-Corvo-Portuguese-Edition-ebook/dp/B00AQAOOF6), but in this case the Lomba marriage records only stretch to 1860, even though the Lomba parish was created around 1698. The previous books were lost in time. Even the birth records only go as far as 1844. Which means there's no way to find your great-great-great-grandfather marriage and birth records, unless they're from another parish. In the record above, the paternal grandfather is from the Lajes das Flores village, so he'd be easier to track (the Casais book lists his marriage on 1807.07.06). But this is all hanging by too many flimsy threads. Francisco is a very common first name, and Pimentel is also a very common surname. You need better positive IDs of his parents to be able to pinpoint his birth record. Regards, João C. Ventura On Tuesday, November 12, 2013 2:37:00 AM UTC+1, Mary Pimentel Wheeler wrote: > > I'm new to this group, but happy to have found a community researching > roots in the Axores. I'm researching my Pimentel lineage, but am stuck 2 > generations back. Any help members could give in terms of pointing me in > the right direction to do research beyond Ancestry.com would be greatly > appreciated. My research is primarily from family stories and from what I > could find on Ancestry - but I'm always a bit suspicious of info from other > member's family trees. There is census data back as far as my Great > Grandfather - Frank Joseph Pimentel. I would like to take this to the next > level and start resarching actual Azores records if possible, but don't > know where to start. > > Here's what I have: > Grandfather - Frank (Francisco) Joseph Pimentel Jr - Born Sept 6, 1899 > Providence RI. Married to Louise (Luisa) Evangelho - Born July 4 or 5, 1900 > GGrandfather - Frank (Francisco) Joseph Pimentel, Born January > 1854 Lambda, Flores, Azores. Married to Mary Ann Green (?) - Born 1870 > Providence RI > GGGrandfather - possibly Jose Sebastio Pimentel. but I do not have other > information. I'm presuming he was born in the Azores. > > Thank you! > > Mary Pimentel Wheeler > > -- 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.
