Hi Ed. My parent's families are also from Flores & I find the records challenging because of clarity more than not being able to read Portuguese. I don't know about the surname Anthony or Antonio but my relatives have that as a first name & the last name Miguel (which is really a first name as is Anthony). Their surname is also listed as da Freitas with the Miguel, & sometimes used alone. I also have Nicolau as a first name for my 2nd great grandfather. I would play around with some of my surnames & use Antonio or Antone as a first name. You have given me a great idea for mine & that is to use my Antonio as a last name. Thanks! They often switched names around; e.g., the father would be Joao Antonio & the son would be Antonio Joao. Good luck!
On Tuesday, December 10, 2013 12:16:13 PM UTC-8, destin...@gmail.com wrote: > > Good afternoon, > > My name is Ed Anthony originally from Connecticut and now residing in > Tennessee. I have been helping my son with the family tree over the last > few years and one our greatest challenges is on the “Anthony” line since > it apparently goes through the Azores. I am checking to see if anyone > has worked with the “Anthony” family from Flores, Azores. All the U.S > information for the family leads back through my 3 GG who is Nicholas C. > Anthony and is documented as being from Flores, Azores. Based on the > records in the U. S. his parents were also born there. I have no parish > or village to go by. Nicholas was born on January 6, 1808 and came to > the states sometime before 1830 when he married in New London CT. I know > he was a mariner (whaling?) and eventually was a sea captain as his name is > on several CT crew lists and all note his birth place as Flores. My > guess is that his name has been Americanized or the last name dropped but > not sure in what way (Nicholau Antonio or Nicholau Antonio xxxx?). I > took a stab at looking at some of the baptismal records in Flores on the > CCA Web site but my eyes are not great and have no knowledge of Portuguese. > I was able to make out some of the words but the script can be a > challenge. I found 5 parishes with baptismal records back to 1808 on Flores. > If there is someone who already has worked on this family or who already > has already translated some of the records I would be grateful for any help > you could provide. I am particularly interested in Nicholas’ Portuguese > name (including what the “C” represents), and that of his parents, > grandparents, and other siblings if any. I am open to other suggestions > on steps to take in locating this information. Thank you for your time. > > Ed > -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
