Hi Sue, Sorry, I just saw this now as I have this list's mail going to a folder that I forget to check regularly.
Is your DNA uploaded to GEDMatch? I have all of my kits there including 7 that have Sylvia (et al) ancestry. Mine is A979857. I've done all my atDNA testing at Ancestry but I did move over my own kit to FTDNA (B11096) and paid the $39 fee to get full access to matches. I just found yet another close DNA match to the greater Silva surname and it also shows the Silva's in Hawkinsville/Yreka, just like my Sylvia's. This was an Ancestry match to my paternal uncle Ernie with an ancestor Joao da Cunha da Bettencourt born in Graciosa in 1835 but married to Marianna Silva (b. 1851). It is about a 3rd to 4th cousin match at 70 cMs and 5 segments. The children of this couple took Silva as a surname rather than Bettencourt. I think with all these clues we're on the verge of figuring out this confusing ancestral line. Ken On Sun, Jan 15, 2017 at 8:33 PM, Sue Q <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Ken > That was a wonderful conference, wasn't it! I'm eager to go to the next > one. I writing you because I'm researching Graciosa also, and although I > have some ancestors who came from Guadalupe, my Silvas all seem to have > come from the Fontes area in Santa Cruz. I do have a 4th great, who was > Caetano de Sousa da Silva who came from Guadalupe, though. I didn't see a > match with you on FTDNA so we mustn't have the same Silva. Happy hunting! > Sue > > On Sunday, January 8, 2017 at 3:34:44 PM UTC-8, Ken Waters wrote: >> >> Hi All! >> >> I've been to two previous Azores conferences but I'm now getting >> re-energized for another possible one with much thanks to Edna who quite >> possibly found my great-grandfather John Sylvia in the Graciosa baptism >> records (link: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/ >> GRA-SC-GUADALUPE-B-1841-1850/GRA-SC-GUADALUPE-B-1841-1850_item1/P105.html >> <http://www.google.com/url?q=http%3A%2F%2Fculturacores.azores.gov.pt%2Fbiblioteca_digital%2FGRA-SC-GUADALUPE-B-1841-1850%2FGRA-SC-GUADALUPE-B-1841-1850_item1%2FP105.html&sa=D&sntz=1&usg=AFQjCNEJX3L-lAIl4HivO1koRaEtQAU4uw>) >> and now what appears to be a sister of his from 1841. So this has me going >> back into the records and attempting to decipher what I can. The first two >> conferences I went to helped me a lot but I think I need more practice. >> Much of this all came about thanks to a newly posted close DNA match to a >> Da Silva. I'm seeing a lot of new DNA matches (yay!) and these are really >> helping me to break down barriers. I just wish more of them would upload >> to GEDMatch. >> >> BTW, is anyone going to RootsTech next month? If so let me know as I >> will be there and we compare notes. >> >> Ken Waters >> Mesa, AZ >> >> >> >> On Fri, Sep 9, 2016 at 5:21 PM, Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Marie, hope you can make it next time!! We have been talking about when >>> to go next time, Sep 2017 or Mar/Apr 2017. Don't really know when, the >>> hotel has a lot of conferences at certain times so we have to really think >>> about it. >>> >>> Rosemarie >>> [email protected] >>> Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, >>> Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily >>> >> >> >> -- >> Amateur Genetic Genealogist in Mesa, AZ >> Twitter: @FamilyTreeAZ >> Interests: DNA, Azores, San Francisco, early colonial America >> Blog: http://familytreeAZ.com >> > -- > 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. > -- Amateur Genetic Genealogist in Mesa, AZ Twitter: @FamilyTreeAZ Interests: DNA, Azores, San Francisco, early colonial America Blog: familytreeAZ.com -- 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.
