Hi Cheri, I joined the FTDNA group. I will look at the instructions on how to narrow down my search.
Thank you, Kim On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 3:41:06 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Join the Azores DNA Project here: > > Log into your FTDNA page with your kit number and password. > > Across the top is says: myFTDNA, DNA Tests, Projects....Point at Projects. > When the drop down menu appears, click "Join a project." > > If the Azores Islands appears on the top, click the link and scroll down > to the JOIN button at the end. > > If the Azores Islands is not suggested, scroll down to where it says > "Search by Surname" and type: azores. > > When Azores Islands appears, click the link follow the directions. > > > You are not ready to research in the Azores yet. Believing someone is from > Sao Miguel would be like someone believing their ancestor was from > Nebraska. You could look there, but in reality, you need to search the > whole United States. To narrow your search in the Azores, check out this > how to on the Azores GenWeb here: https://goo.gl/b0IGW3 > > > Hope something pans out for you. > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Mon, Jan 2, 2017 at 2:31 PM, Kim S <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > >> Hello - I am hoping someone can help me or point me in the right >> direction. >> >> My great-grand parents immigrated to the US in 1902 from the Azores (I >> believe Sao Miguel). My great-grandfather has a very uncommon name, Manuel >> Secia born est 1877 and my great-grand mother has an extremely common name, >> Maria de Mello born est 1868-1874, so both are hard to trace. I have looked >> for both and can not find the last name Secia in Portugal and I can not >> find a Maria de Mello around 1868-1874 that got married immigrated to the >> US. They did have one child in the Azores Mary J Secia 1901 before they >> immigrated but I can not find anything on the birth. I did take a DNA test >> and it has linked me to a couple distance cousins in the Azores with the >> last name of Goulart but we can not figure out how we are linked. >> >> Any help would be greatly appreciated. >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- 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.
