Lyn, I found these records in Flores. I don't know if you can read them but there is one very very close of what you wrote. The only question is if read somewhere he was actually "Filho de pais não sabidos" then none of these will serve you, but if that's not the case and you simply don't know his parents name, and he is Silveira, then there was a very close one. Around the dates you wrote these are the closest "Josephs" I found.
STA CRUZ http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-SC-SANTACRUZ-B-1826-1841/FLR-SC-SANTACRUZ-B-1826-1841_item1/P47.html http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-SC-SANTACRUZ-B-1826-1841/FLR-SC-SANTACRUZ-B-1826-1841_item1/P57.html http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-SC-CEDROS-B-1797-1833/FLR-SC-CEDROS-B-1797-1833_item1/P107.html http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-SC-PONTADELGADA-B-1827-1860/FLR-SC-PONTADELGADA-B-1827-1860_item1/P18.html JOSE 03 JAN 1830 http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-SC-PONTADELGADA-B-1827-1860/FLR-SC-PONTADELGADA-B-1827-1860_item1/P19.html *JOSE DA SILVEIRA 1830* http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-SC-PONTADELGADA-B-1827-1860/FLR-SC-PONTADELGADA-B-1827-1860_item1/P20.html JOSE DA SILVEIRA 1829 http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FLR-LF-FAJAZINHA-B-1825-1839/FLR-LF-FAJAZINHA-B-1825-1839_item1/P57.html Take care! On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 8:53 PM, luiznoia . <[email protected]> wrote: > Lyn, > > I've worked on many Azores to Australia and New Zealand families. > > I agree with Cheri on this. Joseph doesn't know who his parents were, so > there is no family to pursue in Flores. > > Santa Cruz and Lajes are the two concelhos of Flores, meaning he could be > born anywhere on the island. > > Going on a needle in a haystack search for a baptism record with no more > information than you already have can't help. > > Jose Silveira is one of the most common male names in the Azores, so it > would be difficult to determine when you had the right person. > > I'd think it would be better to work through the Trove site to find more > news articles that establish his life in Australia. > > http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/<http://trove.nla.gov.au/newspaper/result?l-availability=y&q=dias%20francis> > > > Eric Edgar > > > > > On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 5:02 AM, Ricardo Chaves <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Lyn, what is Jose's last name, I realized you don't know his parents >> names and that's what your looking for. >> >> Is it SILVA or SILVEIRA? Silvaria could be a name but I believe is a >> misspell. A very common name in Central Group and Western Group is >> SILVEIRA, and of course Silva. >> >> >> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 10:24 AM, Ricardo Chaves <[email protected]>wrote: >> >>> What are his parents names? I'll give a try. >>> >>> >>> On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 12:10 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]>wrote: >>> >>>> Lyn S/B, >>>> >>>> If your ancestor stated on his own marriage certificate that his >>>> parents were unknown, then he was one of those babies that was given up at >>>> the church roda. If you think he was born in Santa Cruz or Lajes on >>>> Flores, you can look in those 2 freguesias for a baby Jose born to pais >>>> incognitos on 1 Jan 1830. >>>> >>>> I'm always suspicious of the January 1st date. Too convenient. But >>>> you can look, nevertheless. >>>> >>>> >>>>> >>>>> 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. 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