Thank you kindly for your response. Makes sense that further research would have already been done.
I have never heard of: Nobiliario de Familias de Portugal (Gaio) How does one get their hands on that? Ideally a pdf? On Aug 31, 2015 7:01 AM, "'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy" < [email protected]> wrote: > Some of those mainland connections are documented in Frutuoso (like the > Velho Cabrals). In Rodrigo Rodrigues and in Forjaz (*Genealogias da Ilha > Terceira*) whenever the lineage of an early settler can be traced back to > the mainland, Rodrigues and Forjaz have not only outlined these connections > but also list sources, e.g. *Nobiliario de Familias de Portugal *(Gaio), > etc. If Rodrigues and Forjaz do not have those connections, then it > probably means that they have never been discovered (and probably never > will be). Keep in mind that Gaio and Frutuoso are not infallible; they have > made some mistakes with these older lineages. > > I hope this helps. > > John Miranda Raposo > > > > On Sunday, August 30, 2015 8:27 PM, Manita M <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > Hello, > > Here is a question for those of you who have been able to research as far > back to an *original settler of Sao Miguel*. I have a few branches on my > tree where I have an original settler by way of connecting my ancestors to > *RR's > book* on Sao Miguel. > > *How do you now take the leap from Sao Miguel, Azores to the mainland?* > > What do I need to do? What advice would you give? > > Now having said all that, because I have connected to the original > settlers via RR's book, it begs another question that may negate my > question above to a certain extent: *because we know some of the original > settlers via RR's book, I would suspect that the research of figuring out > where those people came from before arriving in Sao Miguel has already been > done. No? How does one go about finding the records prior to arriving in > Sao Miguel?* > > Looking forward to your guidance and thoughts on this. > > Thank you! > -- > 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. > -- 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.
