Thank you Doug and Luiznoia for your quick answers. I'll have a look at the CCA website.
Best regards, Albert El dimarts 12 d’agost de 2014 22:10:57 UTC+2, Doug da Rocha Holmes va escriure: > > No doubt Baleeiro (found in records also as Balieiro) came from being a > nickname, but it's also a real surname and usually from Graciosa. > > For some proof of my assertion it's a surname I take for example one > Agueda Baleeiro of Velas from the 1500s, whom I have tentatively connected > to one Pedro Goncalves Baleeiro, but just a hunch. We don't find women > using such a name as her alcunha, so must be her chosen surname. > > Searching for all instances of Baleeiro in my database, I did find a > Fernandes Baleeiro on Terceira in the 1600s. > I'm writing as my database is searching. Now I find I actually have a > Fernandes Baleeiro from Graciosa in the 1600s which could be the parents or > cousins of Alberto's ancestor. > > OK, searching is done and I have 72 people by this surname from Graciosa, > Pico, Terceira, and Sao Jorge. I have none from any other islands, but that > means nothing because if they are not connected to Pico or Terceira or part > of a family that I have entered for some other reason, I simply skip them > and move onto a record that interests me. These named Baleeiro are from the > early 1500s to the 1800s, so it's an old name. Another woman was Catarina > Baleeiro. > > I found many Fernandes Baleeiro from Graciosa, so have little doubt this > is Albert's ancestral connection. I know there are many Graciosa > researchers on this list and so a decent chance they will be willing to > share information. > > I will give you one which you can keep in mind for the future once you > find out the other necessary details that you must have to progress in your > research. > > Manuel Fernandes Baleeiro was a nobleman (Fidalgo da Casa Real) and native > of Santa Cruz on Graciosa Island. My note has him living in 1720 and I have > estimated he was born in about 1685. Since he was a noble, there will be > records from the King of Portugal and available from the Torre do Tombo is > Lisboa. His father by the same name was also a nobleman as was his > grandfather. Whether your family ties into this noble branch, who knows? > But you can have some fun tracing them. > > Doug da Rocha Holmes > Pico & Terceira Genealogist > ============================================= > Get ready for NFL Fantasy Football and join me in the newly created Azores > Genealogist League. Still looking for more participants. > Write me here for more info: [email protected] <javascript:> > ============================================= > > > -------- Original Message -------- > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Fernandes Baleeiro (Surname > unknown) > From: "luiznoia ." <[email protected] <javascript:>> > Date: Tue, August 12, 2014 11:10 am > To: Azores Genealogy <[email protected] <javascript:>> > > I'm thinking it's likely a Jose or Joao etc, Fernandes, Baleeiro. > > His alcunha or even occupation as a whaler. > > You can find the Baleerio in Bahia records, but not until the 1890s. > > Maybe some background on where the information came from would help here. > > > Eric Edgar > > > On Tue, Aug 12, 2014 at 10:46 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hello Albert, >> >> Fernandes is a surname. Maybe his name was Fernando? >> >> Or maybe you are missing his given name and Fernandes Baleeiro is the >> compound surname. >> >> Your information about him coming from Graciosa matches what I know about >> people named Baleeiro. They are found elsewhere in small numbers, so can >> easily be found passing through Faial, Pico Terceira, Sao Jorge, etc. >> >> No need to travel to Faial for research when they put those records >> online this past year or so. >> The government site is called CCA and it's quoted all the time, nearly >> every day on this list. Look through past messages for the URL. >> >> Unfortunately, your lack of more information is a huge barrier to making >> further progress. I don't know this person. It seems to me you will have to >> find him in Bahia records to learn who he married, and most of all the >> names of his parents. Then you work back in time from there. >> >> Doug da Rocha Holmes >> Pico & Terceira Genealogist >> ============================================= >> Get ready for NFL Fantasy Football and join me in the newly created >> Azores Genealogist League. Still looking for more participants. >> Write me here for more info: [email protected] <javascript:> >> ============================================= >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Fernandes Baleeiro (Surname >> unknown) >> From: Albert Figueras <[email protected] <javascript:>> >> Date: Tue, August 12, 2014 6:03 am >> To: [email protected] <javascript:> >> >> Dear all, >> >> We are trying to find some information on a man named Fernandes Baleeiro >> from Faial and Graciosa. As far as we know, he emigrated from Faial to >> Bahia (Brazil) in 1726. >> >> I'm aware that the information is scarce, but perhaps you could gide us >> on how to begin or where could we try to ask or search before going >> directly to Faial and spend som,e days there. >> >> Thank you in advance. >> >> Albert Figueras >> >> >> -- 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.
