No Lee, since I decided to work on a master's degree I don't have time to tie my shoes. For the last year and a half everything I have is from lurking in this group and picking off what you find.
I am fortunate to have someone so tenacious working on the same family as me...thank you very much! Bill On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 5:43:22 AM UTC-8, Lee wrote: > Bill, > > Have you found marriage cords of either Jeronimo Pachecho de Mello or that > of his father Ingnacio Pacheco de Mello yet? I found either yet (I did > find the one for Ignacio's 2nd marriage in 1805). > > Lee > > On Tuesday, November 4, 2014 2:15:20 AM UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: > >> Lisa, >> >> Ventura and Felicidade de Mello are my great grandparents. Your >> grandfather, Joseph, was the youngest brother of my grandmother, Mary de >> Mello (later became Dutra, then Gomes). As Lee found out after the Rabo de >> Peixe records became available, the family used the compound surname >> "Pacheco de Mello for three generations, but the Pacheco evolved to become >> the middle name after Ventura's immigration. I have scans of the 1948 >> Portuguese passports with their pictures that I can send you, along with >> some passenger manifests from 1903, 1916,.and 1948. I also have a >> passenger manifest for your grandfather from 1936 when he was 18 years >> old. It shows that he was en route to his sister, Mary Dutra (my >> grandmother) in Oakland. If you would like for me to send this information >> to you contact me at bsei2816 at gmail.com (no spaces). >> >> Bill Seidler >> >> On Sunday, November 2, 2014 6:18:16 PM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: >> >>> Repost for Lisa Berinti, lmdemello1 at gmail.com >>> >>> My name is Lisa, my maiden name is De Mello. I'm trying to do some >>> research on my paternal grandfather's side. His name was Joseph De Mello he >>> was born January 17, 1918. His father was Ventura De Mello and Felicdae >>> Teixeria. I have some questions as to where he went from Pacheco to De >>> Mello? Also do you still have the scan of Ventura's passport? I also found >>> a lady that was born in 1893 named Isabella De Mello. Which was >>> conincidental because that is my daughter's name. She was born in Honolulu. >>> I'm trying to draw a possible family connection to her? Out of curiosity, >>> how are you related to Ventura? >>> >>> >>> -- 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.

