JR,  what program do you use to document your information?  I like how it 
organizes the information.  Right now, I only use ancestry.com to document 
my pedigree..

On Sunday, March 23, 2014 12:46:10 PM UTC-4, JR wrote:
>
> I am getting confused. No doubt, this is Matheus son of someone named 
> Costa. However there are others, not to mention that Mateus may fetch his 
> name from a grandparent with the name Costa.
>
> Do I have this right, is your Mateus and Josefa married circa 1750? If so, 
> this Matheus of 1705 is not likely your ancestor. There are about four to 
> six marriages missing in Ponta Garca, all circa 1745-1751, more or less. 
> There is no doubt they are missing because other records specify that these 
> people were married in PG. They include mine and some of Cheri Melo and 
> Shirley A. I think your missing ancestors *may* be among the missing 
> marriages. On the other hand, I reread the baptism of Andre and notice that 
> Josefa is native of VFSM, so that makes it likely they married in her vila 
> of VFSM. By the way, Canto is name that is hard to come by. There are only 
> a few that I know of. Most turn out to be Couto.
>
> This is what I have. There may be some errors, as they were very difficult 
> to read with a small reader at the LDS. But they can be easily fixed now. 
> Here are children of said couple:
>
>  
>
> *Descendants of Matheus da Costa*
>
>  
>
>  
>
> *Generation No. 1*
>
>  
>
> *1.*  MATHEUS DA1 COSTA was born Abt. 1725 in Ponta Garca- NS da Piedade, 
> and died Bef. 21 May 1777.  He married JOSEFA PACHECO Abt. 1750.  She was 
> born Abt. 1725 in Ponta Garca- NS da Piedade.
>
>  
>
> More About JOSEFA PACHECO:
>
> Date born 2: Abt. 1725, Vila Franca, Matriz
>
>         
>
> Children of MATHEUS COSTA and JOSEFA PACHECO are:
>
>                    i.    ANTONIA FRANCISCA DOS ANJOS2, b. Ponta Garca- NS 
> da Piedade; m. ANDRE DA CAMARA PACHECO, 22 May 1777, Ponta Garca- NS da 
> Piedade; b. Ponta Garca- NS da Piedade; d. Ponta Garca- NS da Piedade.
>
>                   ii.    ANTONIO DA COSTA DE ARAUJO, b. Ponta Garca- NS 
> da Piedade; m. MARGARIDA FRANCISCA, 20 Jun 1779, Vila Franca do Campo- 
> Matriz; b. Vila Franca do Campo- Matriz.
>
>                  iii.    JACINTA DO ESPIRITO SANTO, b. Vila Franca, 
> Matriz; m. JOSE PACHECO CAMILHO, 21 Mar 1776, Vila Franca, Matriz; b. 25 
> Mar 1738, Ponta Garca- NS da Piedade; d. Ponta Garca- NS da Piedade.
>
>  
>
> More About JOSE PACHECO CAMILHO:
>
> Baptised: 01 Apr 1738, Ponta Garca- NS da Piedade
>
>  
>
>  
>
> On Saturday, March 22, 2014 11:09:36 PM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote:
>>
>> Here is the marriage record from May 1701 of Matheus' parents, Antonio da 
>> Costa and Barbara da Costa:  
>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-PONTAGARCA-C-1675-1749/SMG-VF-PONTAGARCA-C-1675-1749_item1/P41.html
>>  
>>
>> I got their names from Matheus' birth record in 1705, which I posted 
>> previously. 
>>
>>
>> On Mar 22, 2014, at 9:24 PM, JR <[email protected]> wrote: 
>>
>> > Maybe I missed something, but how did you determine the parents of 
>> Mateus da Costa? Do you have the marriage and notice of the parents? 
>> > 
>> > JR 
>> > 
>> > On Saturday, March 22, 2014 9:06:59 PM UTC-4, JR wrote: 
>> > Are you looking for the marriage of Mateus and Josefa? If so, according 
>> to my records they married circa 1750, in either Ponta Garca or VFSM. I 
>> have three children listed for this couple living in Ponta Garca. 
>> > 
>> > JR 
>> > 
>> > On Saturday, March 22, 2014 3:47:21 PM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: 
>> > In addition to not being able to find Joam's birth record, I'm having 
>> great difficulty locating the marriage record of Matheus da Costa and 
>> Josefa da Pacheca.   
>> > 
>> > Josefa was born in 1714 at Matriz:  
>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1710-1718/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1710-1718_item1/P70.html
>>  
>> > 
>> > 
>> > Here is her death record from 1788: 
>> > 
>> > 
>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1780-1806/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1780-1806_item1/P84.html
>>  
>> > 
>> > 
>> > On Mar 22, 2014, at 3:41 PM, Joseph Costa <[email protected]> wrote: 
>> > 
>> > > SInce I posted this, I have done further research.  My ancestor is 
>> definitely Matheus da Costa and his wife was definitely Jozefa de Pacheca. 
>>   
>> > > 
>> > > Here is Matheus" birth record from Sep 16, 1705 at Ponta Garca:   
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-PONTAGARCA-B-1703-1720/SMG-VF-PONTAGARCA-B-1703-1720_item1/P29.html
>>  
>> > > 
>> > > Here is his death record from Matriz in 1773: 
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1749-1780/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1749-1780_item1/P152.html
>>  
>> > > 
>> > > Also, here is the birth record of his son Andre (Joam's brother) in 
>> 1753: 
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1751-1758/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1751-1758_item1/P72.html
>>  
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > 
>> > > On Mar 22, 2014, at 3:07 PM, [email protected] wrote: 
>> > > 
>> > >> Joseph, 
>> > >> 
>> > >> How about the fact the baptism is for a child of Matias and the 
>> mother is not listed with Pacheco/a? 
>> > >> I have sometimes seen a father listed as Mathias one time and 
>> Matheus another time. So if your ancestor was Mateus, you can't 100% rule 
>> out you could find him as Matias, but it will depend on further research. 
>> > >> 
>> > >> Do you think this is simply the wrong ancestors and not a sibling of 
>> your Joao da Costa? 
>> > >> I assume you know Joam and Joao are the same name. 
>> > >> 
>> > >> Doug da Rocha Holmes 
>> > >> Sacramento, California 
>> > >> Pico & Terceira Genealogist 
>> > >> 916-550-1618 
>> > >> www.dholmes.com 
>> > >> 
>> > >> 
>> > >> -------- Original Message -------- 
>> > >> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joam da Costa (Might be his birth 
>> record 
>> > >> -- can't really read it) Help! 
>> > >> From: Joseph Costa <[email protected]> 
>> > >> Date: Sat, March 22, 2014 10:16 am 
>> > >> To: [email protected] 
>> > >> 
>> > >> Thank you Doug. I do see what you mean, and I now think that this 
>> does say Niculao, which means that this is not my ancestor. Still can't 
>> find my Joam..... 
>> > >> 
>> > >> 
>> > >>> On Thursday, March 20, 2014 2:45:13 PM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: 
>> > >>> I think I may have found my 4th great grandfather's, Joam da 
>> Costa's, birth record, but I'm not sure. Per my previous post, he is the 
>> son of Matheus da Costa and Jozefa Pacheco (also appears as Pachequa or 
>> Pacheca). Can anyone read this. In the link below, it's on the right-hand 
>> page in the lower right corner. Looks like this is from Sept 1751? I need 
>> help verifying that these are in fact the names of the parents on this 
>> record. What about grandparents' names? Anyone see those? 
>> > >>> 
>> > >>> 
>> > >>> 
>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1751-1758/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1751-1758_item1/P23.html
>>  
>> > >> 
>> > >> 
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