Good morning Cheri, Thanks for the reply. That's what I was afraid of. I was just hoping I had missed something to make things easier. It's relatively really easy to gather info on the first 6 or so generations. It seems like this is where the real work begins.
I appreciate the information. On Thursday, September 18, 2014 8:58:33 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Anthony M, > > It depends on the freguesia and island you are researching. For instance, > if you are on Flores island, you can use that wonderful "Casais das Flores > e Corvo" marriage index (now an e-book). If you happen to be rearching > Ribeira Quente on Sao Miguel, those marriages were extracted. By using the > marriages, you can make a kind of road map with your pedigree and fill it > in from there. > > Most of us have to do it the hard way (and some of us either did microfilm > and a few of us had to go there in the 80s and before to do research). I > find every baptism of every baby for the couple. I made note of anyone who > is mentioned as deceased so I can fill that in later. When I run out of > baptisms (assuming all are legitimate births), then I go to the marriages > and begin looking for that couple being married - starting as close to the > day before the birth of that eldest child. Once I find the marriage, it > will state the parents of the bride and groom. Usually, if they are 2 > younger people, they are in their 20s. To be safe, I make them 18. If the > groom is Manuel de Mello, born to Jose de Mello and Francisca de Jesus and > the groom was married in 1818, I go to 1800 and search for ALL babies born > to Jose de Mello & Francisca de Jesus. I will pick up Manuel along the way. > > Because I have done "whole family" or "collateral" research, it allows me > to connect to others without too much difficulty. When Todd (Brum) Brown > did his DNA and it came in and matched me, I could tell he had Ribeira > Quente (or was that Ponta Garca - it's been awhile). Anyways, I checked > out his Gedcom and found the last ancestor he researched and opened my > genealogy program and found her there. Todd probably got an instant 5 more > generations. > > There's really no easy way about it. :( > > 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. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
