Welcome to the group Linda! This group is very helpful. I think you will benefit greatly from it. It is so helpful to have the church records coming online! I hope you enjoy the group & have great success finding your ancestors! Take care, Sherry
Sent from my iPad > On Oct 7, 2014, at 5:10 PM, linda <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Everyone, > > My name is Linda, and all my antecedents are from the Azores. I've always > had an interest in my family history, and I had thought that "someday" it > would be fun to tackle the project of expanding my family tree. About two > months ago while I was idly googling this and that, I discovered that the > Islands' parish records are now online. I found my grandparents' baptismal > records, and that was it-- I was completely hooked on chasing down the rest > of the family as far back as I can. > > It's been great fun. I read a little Portuguese, enjoy history and puzzles, > and have a research background, so the learning curve hasn't been too bad-- > though I'm certainly finding that deciphering the handwriting on some records > can be challenging to say the least! > > I knew that my family migrated to California from Terceira (Villa de Praia > and Santa Barbara) and Flores (Santa Cruz and Cedros mainly), but I was > surprised to discover that Santa Maria figures prominently in my family > history too. It looks like I also have a connection to Faial though I > haven't pursued it yet. > > So far, I've done a little of the Villa de Praia line (back to about 1800) > and most of the Cedros line (though with gaps). > > At the moment, I'm concentrating on Santa Maria and have got back to circa > 1710, mostly via the marriage records. I'm currently working on the records > from the Matriz de NS de Assuncao, and then will tackle Sao Pedro and Santo > Espirito. So far, this branch of my family is packed full of Resendes, with > a few Curvelos, an Almada, a Cabral and a couple of Figueiredos and Souzas. > > Finally, a huge thank you to everyone in this group. I've been reading old > posts, and the information they contain has been extremely helpful. I really > wish I'd known about the Flores marriage book before trying to slog through > the Cedros records (agh!), but it will certainly be useful when I return to > working on the relations from that island. I've also read the posts on > software recommendations, and I appreciate all the various points that were > suggested for consideration. At the moment, I'm working with paper and > pencil, but I definitely see the need for a database. Trying out a couple of > the programs is one of my next priorities. > > I expect that I will be asking for help with decipherment and nuance. As my > skills improve, I hope I'll be able to contribute back to the group too, > > for now, back to reading baptisms, > > Linda > > -- > 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. -- 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.
