Hello and welcome! For my personal research I have often referred to your site for help with positive and correct results. It is a great resource and I take this opportunity to say, thank you!
Margaret On Mon, Sep 5, 2016 at 6:03 PM João Luís Tavares Silva <[email protected]> wrote: > Dear Kyle Pereira, > > I am the author of the genealogy site that you have reffered hereunder. > I am pleased to infom you that in 1861 were bor two Carolinas. One in > February (record 14) and the one that you mentioned that was born in > August. The first one is your ancestor and beyong her fathers I have added > her grandfathers. > Carolina married with the name of Carolina de Jesus but on the baptism > records of her sons she is mentioned also as Carolina Augusta. > With her father happens the same concerning the surname "da Ponte". > Probably the family lived near one bridge and this is a way to distinguish > people with the same name. As you know josé, sousa, medeiros ando some more > are very common in S. Miguel. > I have read the comments to your e-mail and so I am not going to repeat > since I agree with them. > By the way, in my site you can find all the marriages celebrated in the > church of São Pedro, Ribeira Seca, Ribeira Grande S. Miguel from 1577 up to > 1977. I have done the same for Lomba de Santa Bárbara, nowadays Santa > Bárbara, Ribeira Grande. > Since I have a lot of ancestors from Rabo de Peixe I am finishing the > marriages celebrated in the church of Sr. Bom Jesus (only 190 to go). > I am very careful about the sources and the wring but as Cheri Mello says > in the first line humans make errors. > Anyway, I hope that you enjoy the info in my site and to begin with you > have already a lot of relatives there. If you need some more information > don't hesitate to contact me through [email protected] > Regards, > Tavares Silva > PS - I was born in Ribeira Seca but I live in Lisbon since 1957 and what a > difference it makes to have all records digitized and the books of > Genealogias de São Miguel e Santa Maria puvlished in 2008. > > > sexta-feira, 2 de Setembro de 2016 às 22:58:48 UTC+1, Kyle Pereira > escreveu: >> >> I'm new to this family research, but I did a Google search on my deceased >> maternal grandfather's name and to my surprise, someone had already >> completed my maternal lineage going back about 3 or 4 generations. However, >> some of these records don't make sense. >> >> >> http://gw.geneanet.org/tavaressilva?lang=en&pz=joao%20luis%20tavares&nz=silva&ocz=0&p=joao%20barbosa%20de%20sousa&n=silvestre >> >> This person, Joao Barbosa de Sousa Silvestre, is my maternal grandfather >> who recently passed away in 2013. If you follow the links, his father was >> Joao de Sousa Silvestre. His parents (my great-great grandparents) were >> Manuel de Sousa Silvestre and a "Carolina de Jesus ou Augusta" born in 1861 >> in Ribeira Grande. Carolina's parents are listed as a "Jose de Sousa da >> Ponte" and "Maria Jacinta ou da Estrela". I was wondering why Carolina had >> a last name that's different from either of her listed parents, so I >> searched the baptism records for the parish of Sao Pedro in Ribeira Grande >> for 1861 and I spotted only one Carolina baptized at that church in that >> entire year, who was born on the 5 August 1861. >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-RIBEIRASECA-B-1860-1864/SMG-RG-RIBEIRASECA-B-1860-1864_item1/P85.html >> >> That's the record. From what I understand, it says Carolina was born on 5 >> August 1861, the firstborn legitimate daughter of Manuel Jacinto de Sousa >> and Maria Augusta. It also says she's the paternal granddaughter of Jacinto >> de Sousa and Maria de Luz, and maternal granddaughter of Manuel da Silva >> and "Jacinta" whose last name I can't make out. So questions, for anyone >> willing to help. >> >> 1. Can anyone make out Jacinta's last name? It looks like it says >> "Querbina", but I'm not 100% sure. >> 2. Is this person's tree wrong if the baptism records show that her >> parents are different? Or is there a possibility she was adopted? >> 3. Why does there seem to be different naming conventions for men and >> women? I was under the impression it went (Given Name) (Mother's Maiden >> Name) (Father's Mother's Last Name) (Father's Father's Last Name). Most of >> the men seem to follow this convention, but the women often just take their >> mother's name? Is there a separate naming convention for women, adoptions, >> or just incorrect information in this tree? >> >> Thanks in advance! >> > -- > 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 https://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. 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