Hi Mel, Yes. I just searched the Terceira marriage index, and it appears there. >From my quick look, it doesn't seem to be used very frequently, appearing only 20 times. The usage spanned about 1690 to 1900 and was both a personal and surname.
Linda On Friday, October 30, 2015 at 6:11:58 PM UTC-7, IslandRoutes wrote: > > I'm working with a distant cousin with her Martin(s) line. The patriarch > is supposed to be from Portugal and the matriarch from Sao Miguel. She > says they were married on Sao Miguel which I am skeptical of. The couple > was in Hawaii in the 1890s. > > The patriarch's name is Adriano Martin. Is Adriano a Portuguese first > name? I question this because I haven't seen it before. Also, when going > through the Hawaiian records the only Adriano's I came across were Filipino > and Italian. > > As I haven't found her family in the records for Hawaii, I am wondering if > it could be because I am looking for the wrong nationality. > > Thanks for the help! > Mel > -- 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.
