JR, For me it is no matter where the search leads me it is the search I enjoy. Should I stumble across nobility that would be cool,but if not that will not affect the fact I am proud of who I am and of my Ancestors whether they be Fishermen,Ranchers,Merchants or Peasants.
Tony On Sunday, February 2, 2014 5:42:59 PM UTC-8, JR wrote: > > Hey John, I think the break through, if there is one, will be through > someone who goes through the painstaking road of looking through the > property records, and/or the wills. Not to diminish the fine works of > Rodrigues, Canto, and others, but the truth is many of originate from > simple peasant stock. and not connected to the big name families. RR > himself stated that many people, despite the apparent well known names, > were in fact of peasant origin and not related. I think we have to accept > this. On the other hand, some names are so unique, like Curvelo, Simas, and > a few others that they are most probably linked. > > JR > > On Sunday, February 2, 2014 5:53:23 PM UTC-5, John Vasconcelos wrote: >> >> Tony, >> I have also been unable to connect my Corvello line back to Santa Maria >> because, essentially all of Flores Vital records before about the mid >> 1600's are lost because, as the story goes, in the mid-1600s, privateer's >> or pirates attacked Flores and burned every church on the Island. However, >> there is a branch of the Corvello family on Flores which arrived on Flores >> after the late 1600's, who apparently can trace their ancestry back to >> Santa Maria. >> John Vasconcelos >> >> >> On Sun, Feb 2, 2014 at 12:01 PM, Anthony Soares <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> This Antonio Curvello would be my 6th Great Grandfather,this is the >>> first spelling with the u that I have found all others have been >>> Corvello/Corvelo as you stated. The Soares surname was not added till my >>> 1st Great Grandfather in the mid 1800's. As JR mentioned in an earlier post >>> a very good researcher on Terceira was not able to make the Corvello jump >>> to Santa Maria.Maybe there is a connection to this Antonio Catalao,if there >>> is hope I can find it. Thank you for the added information. >>> >>> Muito Obrigado >>> >>> Tony Soares >>> >>> >>> On Sunday, February 2, 2014 11:16:56 AM UTC-8, John Vasconcelos wrote: >>> >>>> My maternal Grandmother was a Corvello/Corvelo (BTW, on Flores this is >>>> the spelling used) so at one point I contacted James Guill to ask if he >>>> had >>>> any more information on the family. He said that he had gone to the >>>> archives (Torre do Tombo, I suppose) and had seen the original contract >>>> between Prince Henry and Antonio Catalao (Corvello) and that it said that >>>> Antonio would go from Catalonia to Santa Maria to supervise the >>>> establishment of the sugar cane industry and the building of processing >>>> mills. >>>> John Vasconcelos >>>> >>>> >>>> On Sat, Feb 1, 2014 at 6:00 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> I believe Guill also stated that the Curvelos came from Santa Maria >>>>> island. >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>> 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.
