Hi Cheri, Thank you for the info, and helping.
I am "all British." My (now) husband is half-Portuguese / half-Irish. His uncle is all Portuguese, but he is now in his late 80's, and I wanted to catch him - when we can - to do a DNA test. I've mentioned his family several times. His father was Antone PACHECO, b~1885 in Sao Roque, Sao Miguel, Azores. I know his parents' names but not where they were born: Joao (Joseph) PACHECO and Jacintha (Jessie) COSTA. The uncle's mother was born Elsita "Elsie" MOURA in ~1893 on Faial / Fayal. ... IF the uncle did a DNA test, would the Azores Project help us find more info ? And, John, would the PACHECO's on Sao Jorge and the ones on Sao Miguel have been relatives of some sort ? Betty On Monday, December 1, 2014 11:57:01 AM UTC-5, Cheri Mello 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. > -- 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.
