Tyler,
I'm referring to your own Sousa ancestors living in Angra.
I mentioned they are from Graciosa island. If you are not familiar with the islands, see a map on my website here:
But it shows only Graciosa. To see the spacial relationship between Graciosa, Terceira and Sao Jorge, check this one out:
These maps are courtesy of Ana Ghia-Pereira of Canada who used to voluntarily maintain my Portuguese Genealogist Masterlist. She did a terrific job with the maps for the entirety of Portugal and her former territories.
So in case this is all new to you, you will notice the three islands make up a triangle.
But as for reading the records, I don't believe you can't read anything. Sure, you need to build up a vocabulary, but you can read names like João, Maria, José, Francisco de Sousa, right?
A helpful tip is to first save the document to your computer and then use another viewer which allows you to zoom in closer than what is allowed while online. In many cases, you can dramatically increase what you can make out. This baptism of your great-grandfather is in great condition and there are no problems to read it once you get the hang of it.
If you have other Portuguese lines, you can also mention them. Maybe someone else on the list will also connect to you.
Boa sorte primo (good luck, cousin),
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: needed help finding Joao De Sousa
From: tyler sousa <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, July 10, 2014 6:09 pm
To: [email protected]
Cc: [email protected]
how long did you spend in angra
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 8:17:50 PM UTC-4, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote:I just confirmed you are related to me in many ways, Tyler.Your Sousa line is from Guadalupe, Graciosa, having spent some years in Angra.One of your maternal branches is from Sao Bartolomeu, Terceira, where everyone is my cousin (with no exaggeration).In fact, you are likely related to 100% of the people on this list who have Terceira ancestors.Were you able to read any of the Calheta document? If so, type it up as best you can and I'll correct it for you, if you like.Doug da Rocha Holmes
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: needed help finding Joao De Sousa
From: tyler sousa <[email protected]>
Date: Thu, July 10, 2014 4:51 pm
To: [email protected]
oscar is my great grand father and any info you have on francisco de sousa would be very apprecaited all i have of him is a picture--
On Thursday, July 10, 2014 4:25:27 PM UTC-4, tyler sousa wrote:i am trying to find Joao De Sousa on culturacores.azores.gov.pt but am having a hard time because i can not read portuguese.i found him on Village of Calheta, Sao Jorge baptisms 1900—1911, Image #4 March 1900. with my grandfathers help but he has now become very sick.any help will be very apprecaited
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