Roberto, I have on my family tree several of the surnames you gave, including Velho, all from Terceira, but not from that parish.
I do know João Ventura, the archivist from Terceira, and he may help you getting a document in the Conservatoria. If you want to write to my private email, I can exchange some information with you - myportuguesegen at gmail dot com Eu falo portugues, minha lingua nativa. Isabella Baltar myportuguesegen.blogspot.com On Saturday, April 26, 2014 5:39:10 AM UTC-4, Roberto Machado Velho wrote: > > Hello, > > I am searching for the Families Machado Velho, Mendes, Ferreira da Costa, > Cardozo da Rocha, Cardoso da Rocha and Cardoso Velho in the old Parish of > Santa Barbara - what is today Serreta, Doze Ribeiras, Santa Barbara and > Cinco Ribeiras. > > (Estou procurando/a procurar pelas Familias Machado Velho, Mendes, > Ferreira da Costa, Cardozo da Rocha, Cardoso da Rocha e Cardoso Velho na > antiga Freguesia/Paroquia de Santa Barbara - ilha terceira - no que hoje > sao as freguesias de Serreta, Doze Ribeiras, Santa Barbara e Cinco > Ribeiras). > > My newer information is the death of the mother of my great-grandfather > in Canada De Nossa Senhora d'Ajuda, Santa Barbara, in 1909. > In 1875 she was living in Rua dos Pocos - Santa Barbara, with her son > Antonio Machado Velho - my greatgrandfather - where all this research > started. > I have a note in a Marriage Certificate telling about the death of her > daugther in 1945 - but this is not available on internet. > > My oldest information is related to all the families I quoted before and > today I have information on the marriages - 4 of them - happening in > between 1781 and 1794: > - Luiz Ignacio Mendes and Maria Josefa - 1781 > - Francisco Machado Velho and Francisca Mariana - 1782 > - Raimundo Ferreira da Costa and Maria Roza - 1794 > - Sebastiao Jose da Costa and Anna Joaquina - 1793. > I also know that the sons of Raimundo and Sebastiao were connected in 4th > degree in blood. > > Does anyone recognize someone you have records or had seen before on your > researches ? > > Also would like to ask: > - Do you know if any person can get a death certificate just going to the > Conservatoria ? I want to try to ask that one of 1945 quoted on top. Do > you know to which one I would to address in Terceira ? One in Santa > Barbara or in Angra do Heroismo ? > > - Do you know if all the archives of the Church in Santa Barbara are > available on the Cultura Azores website ? Is there any other kind of > archives that could provide information about Santa Barbara, like > Certificates of Properties - houses or some kind of School, or any other > thing was being recorded in archives ? > > - I tried to find the Archives in Universidade do Minho, that some people > quoted in the group, but I cannot find archives for Terceira. Are there > any ? > > - Are there any other archives for Terceira or the region of Santa Barbara > that I could look for ? > > - I have used the "Rois/Confessados" list available in Cultura Azores for > Santa Barbara - and that gave me a lot of information. I am thinking of > turning that list (mainly a Census of all Santa Barbara made by the priest > in 1875) in a listed - searchable - pdf file. Does anyone has interest on > that ? Do you know where I could publish that so people could use it ? > Cultura Azores receives submissions ? > > - Does anyone has a text or pdf searchable version of the index of > Marriages available to Santa Barbara ? It is not possible search names in > the images available. I started to decompose that set of marriages in > families, in case someone has interest. > > - I believed that the name Machado Velho disappeared in Santa Barbara > because my great-grandfather went to Brazil, his brother died early without > sons/daughters and their 2 other sisters just either did not get married or > changed their surnames to the ones of their husbands. Do you know any way > I could track the sisters ? I could not find a marriage certificate to them > in the index of Santa Barbara - one is called Angelica (and there is just > one Angelica, not the one I am searching) and the other one Maria (as you > know, 40% of the women getting married by that time). > > - Anyone knows if people asking for passports in Terceira would have them > issued also in Terceira ? And then the boats to Brazil and United States > were leaving Terceira or some other Island nearby ? > > - Does anyone has a map that tell the names of streets in Santa Barbara ? > Google maps has still few and a reconstruct some by google maps street > view walking through them but I could not find several - also it is not > clear the limit of them, as they bifurcate sometimes. > > I also would like to tell anyone that is searching information about Sao > Bartolomeu, Santa Barbara (the old parish - including Cinco Ribeiras) and > Doze Ribeiras (the old Parish - including Serreta) that there is an article > from Jose Avelino Rocha dos Santos that describes the "Enxurrada de 1813" > in the parishes above. It tells information about people that died, list > people that have their properties destroyed and have sometimes information > about ladies that were already widow. It is available here: > https://repositorio.uac.pt/handle/10400.3/344 > > If anyone has an intersection of interest in such names on top, please let > me know and I would love to interchange some information. > > Thank you in advance for any information, and sorry for such long email, > (Obrigado de antemao por qualquer informacao), > > Roberto Machado Velho > Born in Rio de Janeiro - Brazil > Living in Lisbon - Portugal. > -- 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.
