Tanks Doug- the different bits of information all say he was (they were) fromSao Miguel. I even wondered if they were fm Santa Maria and maybe it was considered Sao Miguel. One starts to stretch reality in the search for elusive ancestors. Thanks.
Maria Elena > On Jan 3, 2014, at 12:23 PM, <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maria, > > It's probably just a coincidence, but there are many using the Moniz Machado > surname combo on Pico. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Sacramento, California > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > 916-550-1618 > www.dholmes.com > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Where else to look for Moniz Machado > ancestors > From: Maria Lima <[email protected]> > Date: Fri, January 03, 2014 10:43 am > To: AZORES <[email protected]> > > I have an ancestor who is a mystery in that I've searched all Sao Miguel > records and can't find him in the his birth year. His name was Domingo's > Moniz Machado; nor his brother "Clem". Must be Clemente (?) Moniz Machado. > > Their parents were Jacinto Machado and mother was Emilia Moniz Machado. > > Thanks to this group for posting the link for the Portuguese newspapers > housed at the Dartmouth library. I stumbled on their sister, Maria M > "Marshall" sister of Clemente Machado. I knew they had a sister but had no > idea how to find her until I could find the parents. It was exciting to > actually find her. > > For years I've been searching for the 2 brothers to take the line back. I > think this is a dead end but I'm not giving up. Every time a new parish was > posted on the CCA, I thought Aha! This is going to be the one. But sadly it > was not. Now I'm going to go through each parish again to the years before > and after their supposed birth years. > > Are there any other records from Sao Miguel that are not on the CCA? Any > ideas where I might find where in Sao Miguel they were from? All his document > just say Sao Miguel. Domingo's birthdate is 8 February 1874; Clemente born 9 > Feb 1869 and I only have the death date of the sister, Maria M Marshall who > died 8 August 1954. All three died in Boston. > > Any ideas? Thanks. > > Maria Elena > > -- > 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. -- 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.
