I could be wrong, but I thought there was an important work published on the families of Graciosa. You should ask Joao Ventura about that.
JR On Friday, September 26, 2014 9:10:03 PM UTC-4, John Athayde wrote: > > I’m also seeing lots of names and I believe that many of these families > would tack 4 or 5 together. I’ve got my great-great grandmother (D. > Adeliade Isable de Athaíde do Conde) listed as just Athaide, Ataide, Conde, > and sometimes both. In many cases the Athayde name passed down on the > mothers side to my ancestor. > > I’ve found many of those same names (Espinola, Miranda, da Cota, dde > Sousa) and some like de Quadros, Alvares, de Vilalobos. I’ve gotten back > from Catarina De Ataíde two more generations to Maria Rebelo de Ataíde (d > 20 Apr 1700) but the line stops there. I had João Ventura looking into it, > but there’s some records missing online as of the last time he looked and > we’re not able to track the name (Ataíde) to the mainland yet. > > Based on your experience, I feel that I may be losing more hair in the > near future as I try to dig deeper! :) > > Thanks Lee! > > Cheers > J > > On Sep 26, 2014, at 8:19 PM, Lee <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > > JR and John Athayde- > > > > The ancestors of Joao Correa de Mendoca have/making me literally > insane...lol > > > > JR, you mentioned manoel Pereira Maia/Maya. If he's the one who married > maria de Conde do Rozario daughter of manoel de zoned Pais and Maria de > Mendoca he is one of my cousins direct ancestors as well through their > daughter Maris Josefa d Conde who married Mathias Jose Dornellas on May 3 , > 1773 in Luz. I count the surnames of Bettencourt at least 11 times, de > Conde at least 11 times, Athayde 3 times and others such as Mendonca, > Hortins (Ortins), Novais, Vaz Sodre (not sure if that is two separate > names), de Aviz, Pais/Pays, Souza, Camara, Gonsalves, Siro, Correa, > Miranda, Picano, Botelho, Espinola, Fernandes, Maia/Maya, Deiro, Avila, > Melo, Medina, Dornellas, Pereira, Luz, Furtada, Grinde, Alvarez, Codts and > Netta so far. > > > > I think I'll type a list like Eliseu did,that will help clear things up. > > > > Also, JR you asked about which Joao de Conde Nadine is descended from - > thee aware actually two in her line: > > > > The Joao de Conde who a,arrived Dona. Aria from Praia and the is Joao de > Conde Pais/Pays born about 2658 who married Maria de Novais de Eyre (Deiro) > born about 1659 - he died April 20, 1739 and was the child of Manoel de > Conde Sodre and Aba Go Salves and she Maris de Novais died December 12, > 1739 and was the child of Manoel Dornellas da Camara and Catherina Novais > de Eyre (Deiro). > > > > Sorry for the long post, it's just this family is so complicated, the > same names over and over in some cases. > > > > Lee > > > > -- > > 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] <javascript:>. > > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > -- 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.

