Hi Jeff R, Genealogy is concerned with 3 things: A name, a date, and a place. Then we concern ourselves with 3 main events: birth, marriage, and death (and to a lesser extent, burial and divorce).
If you have a name with a date, then you only need the place in the Azores. I'm from America, so I don't know what Brasilian resources are available to help you from that end, but there are Brasilian researchers on this list, as well as a few people who currently reside in Brasil. Perhaps Brasil has some type of censuses or newspaper obituaries (not sure what they are like in Brazil - they could just say that the person died. Many in America give a mini-biography). Did someone from the Azores have to become a citizen of Brasil? Hunt down that paperwork. I have a how-to guide, but it's from the American perspective. However, it might give you ideas: http://goo.gl/X6p1db I don't know which company you chose for your DNA testing. I run the Azores DNA project on Family Tree DNA. We have 600+ Azorean researchers there. FTDNA has the largest database so you are also compared with everyone in FTDNA who took that type of test. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
