Likewise here. Thank you, Joao!! On Tuesday, September 6, 2016 at 11:25:30 AM UTC-4, Mara wrote: > > 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] > <javascript:>> 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] <javascript:> >> 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] <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> >
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