Steve, The Flores e Corvo Marriage book doesn't have a record for either Nicolau de Freitas or his father Francisco de Freitas Miguel.
It does contain some other records for the deFreitas Miguel surname that may help . >From Lajes: António Caetano [f.º de João de Freitas Miguel e de Joana de Freitas] c. 1779.12.04 c. Isabel Maria [f.ª de Caetano de Freitas e de Maria de Freitas]. José António Miguel [30 anos, n. Fajãs, Lajes das Flores, f.º de Dionísio António Miguel e de Isabel Tomásia, n. p. de Manuel de Freitas Miguel e de Isabel de Freitas e n. m. de António José Cascado e de Maria de Jesus] c. 1861.04.27 c. Maria Augusta da Silveira [23 anos, f.ª de João Augusto da Silveira e de Maria Carolina de Jesus, n. p. de Francisco António de Mendonça e de Mariana Bernarda e n. m. do ajudante José António e de Ana de Jesus]. The paterno here, Manuel de Freitas Miguel here may be a brother of Nicolau. His birth could be estimated about 1800 . >From Fajazinha: António de Freitas Pimentel [f.º de Manuel de Freitas Miguel e de Isabel de Freitas] c. 1801.11.26 c. Isabel Tomásia [f.ª de Manuel Lourenço e de Mariana Josefa]. Dionísio António [f.º de Manuel de Freitas Miguel e de Isabel de Freitas] c. 1807.05.04 c. Isabel Tomásia [n. Fajã Grande, Lajes das Flores, f.ª de António José e de Ana de Freitas]. José de Freitas Miguel [f.º de Manuel de Freitas Miguel e de Isabel de Freitas] c. 1818.09.03 c. Ana do Santíssimo Coração de Jesus [f.ª de João Furtado Henriques e de Ana de Freitas]. Manuel Caetano [f.º de pai incógnito e de Maria de Freitas] c. 1781.02.12 c. Ana Maria [f.ª de João de Freitas Miguel e de Joana Pimentel]. >From Lomba: João de Freitas Martins [37 anos, f.º de Francisco José Martins e de Ana da Trindade do Coração de Jesus] c. 1877.11.17 c. Ana de Jesus de Freitas [27 anos, f.ª de Nicolau de Freitas e de Ana de Jesus]. José de Freitas Miguel [40 anos, f.º de Nicolau de Freitas e de Ana de Jesus] c. 1875.04.29 c. Maria da Trindade do Coração de Jesus [34 anos, f.ª de Francisco José Martins e de Ana da Trindade]. José Maria de Freitas Miguel [49 anos, f.º de José de Freitas Miguel e de Francisca Joaquina, e já v.º de Isabel da Trindade de Mendonça] c. 1896.07.23 c. Francisca da Trindade Maciel [26 anos, f.ª de Manuel José Maciel e de Isabel Maria do Coração de Jesus]. Manuel José Salvador [24 anos, f.º de João Pimentel Armas e de Maria de São José, n. p. de Salvador Pimentel e de Maria de São José e n. m. de Matias José de Sousa e de Susana de São José] c. 1861.07.11 c. Maria de Jesus [34 anos, f.ª de Nicolau de Freitas e de Ana de Jesus, n. p. de Francisco de Freitas e de Maria Francisca e n. m. de Francisco Pimentel e de Rosália Pimentel]. >From Mosteiro: Manuel Caetano de Freitas [n. Lomba, Lajes das Flores, f.º de José de Freitas Miguel e de Francisca Joaquina] c. 1856.10.19 c. Maria Filomena de Jesus [f.ª de Manuel Joaquim das Terras e de Ana de Jesus]. >From Santa Cruz: António de Freitas Miguel [28 anos, n. Lomba, Lajes das Flores, f.º de Nicolau de Freitas e de Ana de Jesus] c. 1868.06.20 c. Ana de Jesus [23 anos, f.ª de José Furtado Pedro e de Maria de Jesus]. Francisco de Freitas Miguel [31 anos, n. Lomba, Lajes das Flores, f.º de Nicolau de Freitas e de Ana de Jesus, n. p. de Francisco de Freitas Miguel e de Maria Francisca e n. m. de Francisco Pimentel e de Rosália Pimentel] c. 1862.07.17 c. Maria da Jesus [23 anos, f.ª de António José Coelho e de Vitória de Jesus, n. p. de Manuel Coelho da Eira e de Maria Rosa e n. m. de José Furtado dos Santos e de Catarina Inácia]. Also of note from Lajes . You'll see some records with Francisco de Freitas and Maria Francisca that do not have the Miguel attached to Freitas, although we know from association they are of the family line. Frutuoso de Freitas [f.º de Francisco de Freitas e de Maria Francisca] c. 1815.08.10 c. Ana Maria [f.ª de Mateus Coelho e de Rita Maria, e já v.ª de António Furtado Bicho]. Eric Edgar On Sun, Dec 8, 2013 at 10:38 PM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote: > Hello Shirley, > > I believe you have already run out of records for Lomba and will not be > able to extend those lines, unless you get lucky and find someone from > Lomba married in another village. For instance, I have seen records of > people from Lomba who married in other islands like Terceira. > > In regards your surname Miguel, it is most likely a given name of one of > your earlier ancestors that was used by later generations in his honor. > > For example, Francisco de Freitas Miguel, the oldest known ancestor on > that line might have decided to honor his father who might have the name > Miguel de Freitas. > > This exact thing is very common in the Azores, at least. It would surprise > me if it wasn't also common elsewhere in Portugal, but I don't have enough > experience elsewhere to tell you with any confidence. > > I have an ancestor whose name was Lourenço da Rocha Homem on my direct > paternal line. Most of the time he used just Lourenço da Rocha, born in > 1751, if I recall correctly, in Terceira. My line continued with the double > surname of Rocha Homem (now Rocha Holmes for my children), but his > brothers, four of them, honored their father by using as their surname the > combination of Rocha Lourenço. And like your Miguel line, this name > combination continues to this day in Terceira. In fact, there is a person > in the USA who got the DNA test named Lawrence who is one of these > descendants and they didn't even know it was in honor of that ancestor. > > Good luck. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Introduction > From: Steve Burton <up4orch...@gmail.com> > Date: Sun, December 08, 2013 9:34 pm > To: azores@googlegroups.com > > Cheri > Thanks for responding so promptly. I have some information on my 2nd > great grandfather Nicolau de Freitas (B-abt 1795 I think Lomba, Lajes das > Flores & D-12 Feb 1860 documented in Lomba, Lajes das Flores) & on his wife > Ana de Jesus Pimentel (B-1800, D-1886) also Lomba, Lajes das Flores. I'm > looking to expand information on Nicolau's parents (Francisco de Freitas > Miguel B-abt 1732 & Maria Francisca Pimentel). We have looked at records > in Flores & nearby Corvo but we're not finding anything. Should I look on > other islands? If so, do you have an on-line resource that I could > research? Since the surname Miguel does not seem common in the islands, > could they have immigrated from mainland Portugal? What source is > available for Portugal? I've done the search on the Ancestry data base & > found nothing on any island. > > -- > 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. 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