I agree with Cheri. I also have Pacheco's. But not in surname group. On Monday, December 1, 2014, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote:
> Betty, > > Pacheco can be found in Portugal, Mexico, Spain, and I don't know where > else. > > I see 28 members in the Pacheco DNA project. You might want to take > another look. Looks like the admin stepped down. Usually someone from > FTDNA monitors those projects, but if the admin simply removed their name > and did not notify FTDNA, then FTDNA doesn't know (there are almost 8100 > projects today). I will let them know there's not admin. > > But what I was wondering is why would you have your male relative join a > surname project? Us Portuguese do not stick with the same surname. Here's > a few samples from my tree: > Antonio Pacheco > Antonio Pacheco > Antonio Mendes > Francisco Pacheco > Antonio Bento (his wife was the Pacheco) > Francisco Antonio Pacheco > Antonio Pacheco Dutra > Manuel Pereira Dutra > > Domingos Pereira > Manuel Pereira de Mendonca > > This why we have geographical based projects like the Azores Project, > Madeira, Cape Verde, Hawaiian Ancestry, Mayflower, etc. > > You'll still be matched against the entire FTDNA database whether your > relative joins the Azores, Pacheco, etc project. You get more filters in > the project to help you filter matches. > > Cheri > > On Mon, Dec 1, 2014 at 8:56 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','[email protected]');>> wrote: > >> Repost for Betty Fredericks, bbffrrpp11 at gmail.com >> >> I want to "attempt" to talk my husband's uncle into taking a DNA test. >> It won't be easy, and he wouldn't pay for it but maybe his daughter will. >> But, I went to the FamilyTreeDNA site to check out the PACHECO Project. >> On quick look there are less than 20 people participating, and there >> doesn't seem to be an Admin. This surprises me in one way but doesn't >> surprise me in another way. I very rarely find another PACHECO researcher >> with ties to Greater Boston, MA. But, I thought there would be PACHECO's >> in all of the U.S. who might be interested in their family-tree. >> >> (At Thanksgiving Dinner last week, I brought this subject up, and my >> step-son - just out of the Navy - reminded me that PACHECO's were in many >> countries. Of course most know about the name in Mexico, but he >> mentioned the Philippines.) >> >> http://www.familytree.com/surnames/Pacheco >> >> http://www.geni.com/surnames/pacheco >> >> (interesting info there !) >> >> Betty (near Lowell, MA, USA) >> >> >> P.S. I think I already mentioned that a month ago I found out from a >> 1921 newspaper article that my husband's grandfather, Antone PACHECO, "did" >> have a brother, Manuel PACHECO. They were both living in Cambridge, MA, >> in 1920's, and the brother managed "a tap." There were 3 Manuel >> PACHECO's in Cambridge in 1920, so I don't know which one was the >> brother. But, my "gut feeling" is the one who owned the "Willow Furniture >> Store" was the brother. ... I haven't had time to try to find out more >> about "Manny," but I'll try this week. >> > > > > -- > 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 [email protected] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','azores%[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.
