Thanks, Linda. I'm working on getting the marriage book. On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 6:17:40 PM UTC-6, linda wrote: > > Hi Wendy, > > I'm new to FTDNA, but it looks like you and your grandmother match my mom > and me. Two of my mom's grandparents were born on Flores, and I have their > lines sketched out to about the mid 1700's/early 1800's. Our connection > might be beyond the range of the existing records, but I'm happy to help > look for a connection. We have Mendonca and Freitas, among other names, in > our tree too. > > If you haven't already got the Flores/Corvo marriage book, I highly > recommend it: > > > https://www.amazon.com/Casais-das-Flores-Corvo-Portuguese-ebook/dp/B00AQAOOF6 > > It's a searchable index of all the marriage records from the two islands. > You can use it to cut down some of the record slogging and to put together > a good provisional tree fairly quickly. > > cheers, > > Linda Meneses > > On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 2:18:50 PM UTC-8, WPederson wrote: >> >> After having my gandmother and dad do DNA testing through FamilyTreeDNA, >> I was able to narrow down my Azorean ancestors to the island of Flores. >> Since then I have found a previously undiscovered 1880 census (Murray, >> Alameda, California) for my gg grandfather Jose Freitas Mendonca (was >> incorrectly transcribed as Mundunco) that shows he was from Flores. I've >> spent the holiday going through Flores baptismal records and found his >> baptismal record as well as at least 3 siblings, all with the same parents >> and grandparents. I'm looking to connect to any descendants but have not >> found any through DNA matching that share family tree names, only Flores >> location. Do any of these names match your ancestors? >> >> Jose Freitas Mendonca b. 1859, baptized 31 Mar 1859, Fajãzinha, Flores, >> Azores naturalized 1888 San Benito County, California, d. 2 Apr 1897 >> Panoche, San Benito, CA >> >> Siblings- >> Mariana Mendonca b.1863, baptized 2 Sept 1863, Fajã Grande, Flores, >> Azores married someone with the last name Joseph and lived at one time in >> Livermore, Alameda, CA >> Thomazia Mendonca b. 1869, baptized 06 Jun 1869, Fajã Grande, Flores, >> Azores married someone named Vierra (Maybe Joseph F) and lived at one time >> in Watsonville, Santa Cruz, CA >> Antonio Jose Mendonca b 1877 baptized 06 Sep 1877, Fajã Grande, Flores, >> Azores-believe he could be the same as Antonio Jose Mendonca that died 2 >> Dec 1944, Atwater, Merced, CA >> >> Parents- >> Antonio Jose Mendonca, from Flores, Azores >> Maria Ignacia, from Flores Azores >> >> Possible Uncle- >> Joao Freitas Mendonca b. 1822 d. 1 Mar 1890, Fajã Grande, Flores, Azores >> >> Paternal Grandparents- >> Caetano Jose Mendonca from Flores, Azores >> Ignacia Rosa from Flores, Azores >> >> Maternal Grandparents- >> Antonio Coehlo Ramos from Flores, Azores >> Maria Ignacia from Flores, Azores >> >
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