Yes, I'm aware of the FamilySearch records and that's what I have been using. However, the first marriage book which may have included his marriage is not available (at least online, I will have to check with the Parish in Brazil next time I'm there). Same goes for the very earliest birth records for his children. I figured my next step would be to research in Santa Maria.
Rodney On Monday, March 3, 2014 5:06:32 PM UTC-5, Rodney Figueiredo wrote: > > Hello everyone! I'm hoping to get some advice on tracking down an > ancestor. I have a fifth great-grandfather who immigrated to Brazil > sometime in the late 1700s. His name was Ignácio José de Andrade. On one > of his grandchildren's baptism records, it confirms that Ignácio was from > the island of Santa Maria. Unfortunately, birth records of his direct > children and his marriage record are not available (it appears that they > were damaged). So this is all I have to go on. > > His wife was born in Brazil and I estimate that they got married in the > 1790s in Rio Bonito, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. > > My best lead so far comes from an Inácio José Coelho de Andrade who > arrived in Rio de Janeiro in 1784 from Santa Maria. This is according to > the book Relação dos imigrantes açorianos para os Estados do Brasil - vol. > VII ( > http://www.bparah.azores.gov.pt/genealogias/belo-araimundo-rel+passaportes/arbelo-rel+emigrantes+brasil+pass1771-74-bihit+vol.VI%281948%29.pdf). > > > > Is anyone familiar with the Andrade families of Santa Maria that could > help me narrow down possible relatives? Is it possible that Inácio José > Coelho de Andrade and Ignácio José de Andrade are the same person. Would > the Coelho name have been dropped so easily? It seems like such a small > island, and the combination of Ignácio and the surname Andrade shouldn't > bring up too many possibilities. I'm willing to search all of them and > rule them out (for example if they were still in Santa Maria in 1795). > > Any help would be appreciated. I'm anxious to begin my search now that > Santa Maria is online. > > Rodney > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
