Hi, Ken My tree is on FTDNA and it's pretty up to date although I've done a bit more in the few weeks since I posted it. My # is 574359 if that helps you access my tree. Sue
On Saturday, January 21, 2017 at 9:26:43 AM UTC-8, Ken Waters wrote: > > 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] <javascript:>> > 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
