Paul, You'll see on the map that Silveira is northwest up the coast from Lajes. It's halfway to Sao Joao.
I've seen the records for Silveira usually with Lajes , but epending on where in the area the family lived or what family she married into, the records could be in Sao Joao also. I have ancestors from Lajes that are in Terra, northeast of the town of Lajes, and their records turn up both in the town of Lajes and in Ribeiras above it. There are Brum connected to my Silveira Soares family there. I'll take a look for a connection Eric Edgar On Wed, Jan 14, 2015 at 5:18 PM, Paul Rapoza <prapoz...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hi all, > > Below is a link for Horta passports from August of 1865. The last entry > (numbered 33) for Catharina da Conceicao is possibly my 3rd > great-grandmother who married in New Bedford, Massachusetts in December of > 1865. From what I know about this ancestor, she was from Pico, she was > known as Catherine Brum or Catarina da Conceicao, and she was born around > 1835-1840. All of this is consistent with this "Catharina da Conceicao" > passport entry. > > I would appreciate assistance in deciphering the village of which this > Catharina is a native. I can see that she's from Pico, concelho of Lajes, > but am unsure of what to make of the freguesia. It looks like "Silveira" to > me, but knowing that is not the name of any frequesia in Lajes I do not > know if this is an "old" name for a village or if I'm just misreading. I'm > excited to find out if this is my 3rd great-grandmother and finding out > what village she's from will definitely help in verifying this. > > Thanks! > > Paul Rapoza > > -- > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
