How wonderful to learn a little bit about their lives. Thanks for sharing that,
Linda On Monday, September 7, 2015 at 7:43:55 PM UTC-7, [email protected] wrote: > I have no question this time; just a finding that I found interesting. > I'm sure many on this list are familiar with "Archivo dos Açores" by > Ernesto do Canto, 1883, but I just found it on google books. > > I found my 3G-grandfather, Francisco Pacheco de Mello, in an section about > an 1852 earthquake on São Miguel. It said (rough translation) that his > house was among eight houses on Rua Ribeira Grande in Rabo de Peixe that > fell and that he, his wife, and four children were buried in the rubble for > a quarter of an hour; all survived except for a four-month-old daughter. > > I then went to CCA and found the baptism of Maria in Jan 1848 and the obit > on 16 April 1848 (the day of the earthquake) corroborating the text of the > book and confirming that it was my ancestor. > > Bill Seidler > > > -- 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.
