David - Do you find the name often showing up as “of Tayde” or similar anglicized forms? I’ve only seen “Ataíde” “Athaide”and “Athayde” with/without the “de” in front of it (the last “de Athayde" shows up with my great great grandmother on the Azores).
Cheers, John > On Sep 22, 2015, at 3:25 PM, Kawika322 <[email protected]> wrote: > > I was searching for info on one of my ancestors Galas Viegas de Ataide and > came across this British History Online website. > > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/ > > My ancestor and other individuals were mentioned in: > > Calendar of State Papers Foreign, Elizabeth, Volume 16, May-December 1582. > Originally published by His Majesty's Stationery Office, London, 1909. > > > http://www.british-history.ac.uk/cal-state-papers/foreign/vol16/pp456-477 > > The letter, which was from the Calendar of State papers in 1582 talks about a > group of Portuguese who had a run-in with an English Pirate Thomas Kem who > robbed a Portuguese ship going from Portugal to Brazil. He then took the > well-armed vessel into the port of Angra. > > A group of Portuguese/Azoreans then (at somepoint) gave testimony about what > they had heard and seen by the English pirate... > > Anyways, there are some other articles and letters that talk about Portuguese > related activities on the British History Online website.. > > Just wanted to share, and maybe someone will find something interesting > relating to their ancestors, or about the Portuguese back in that time > period. > > David > > -- > 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 > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores > <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.
