Joe Matias found Francisco’s birth record for me (Thanks, Joe!): http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1786-1795/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1786-1795_item1/P127.html
On Saturday, March 15, 2014 3:38:14 PM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: > > Now I’m on a search for Manuel’s father Francisco Jose (Feitor) da Costa. > Thank you for the marriage record. In the margin of the record, I believe > it says that Francisco was 25 and Maria de Jesus was 18. This would mean > that he would have been born around 1791. I searched through all of the > Matriz birth records from 1786 through 1799 and I couldn’t find him. I > also looked in Sao Pedro. Will keep hunting...... > > On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:53:59 PM UTC-4, Mara wrote: >> >> Hi Joseph, >> >> The information you entered was very limited, it would be nice if you >> could post the 1864 and the 1869 birth record links. However I took a peak >> at the indices and did find a birth record for a child by the name of >> Antonio born to Manuel da Costa and Filomena Augusta da Conceicao which >> leads me to believe this may be your couple. Does the surname "Feitor" >> mean anything to you? >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1885-1889/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1885-1889_item1/P79.html >> >> >> I did not find their marriage record under Costa or Feitor. It is >> possible the bride may have been from a different place where the marriage >> took place. Did find Manuel's parents marriage record I in 1816. >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1812-1820/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1812-1820_item1/P47.html >> >> Check it out, >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:14 PM, JR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Well, I have a couple of suggestions. You may have to the nearby >>> villages, such as Ribeira das Tainhas and Agua de Pau, Agua de Alto. They >>> are adjacent to Vila Franca. Have you checked that Manuel da Costa may go >>> by another name. Filomena is much rarer in pre-1900's, but sometimes may >>> actually be Maria Filomena. >>> >>> In the period between about 1860 forward, grandparents were listed in >>> marriages and baptisms. What do those documents say? >>> >>> JR >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:28:47 AM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone. >>>> >>>> I'm loving the new indices that Matriz, VFDC uploaded for births, >>>> marriages and deaths! >>>> >>>> Along those lines, I've been searching for the marriage record of my >>>> 2nd great grandparents, Manuel da Costa and Filomena da Conceicao (also >>>> known as Filomena Augusta). According to the birth record of their son >>>> Jose (first born of that name) from December 1864 at Matriz VFDC, the two >>>> of them were natives of Matriz and were married there (it says that). I >>>> also have the birth records of their twin daughters, Maria and Jacinta >>>> from >>>> 1869. >>>> >>>> I have searched high and low for their marriage record at Matriz >>>> before the indices came out. Now that the indices have been uploaded >>>> their >>>> marriage doesn't appear in it at all for any year. There is a Manuel da >>>> Costa and Filomena da Conceicao in the 1890's, but it can't be them. I >>>> also searched Sao Pedro.....no luck there either. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts on how I should approach this? Is it possible that it was >>>> just a civil ceremony? Wouldn't that have been frowned upon back then? >>>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Margaret M Vicente >> > -- 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.
