Yes, Sao Mateus would translate to St. Matthew in English, so you got it! Now to start wading through the time period looking for babies born to your couple!
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Fri, Mar 10, 2017 at 9:26 PM, Mary Jane Goss <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Cheri. Is San Mateus a good fit? > > > > Sent from my Verizon, Samsung Galaxy smartphone > > > -------- Original message -------- > From: Cheri Mello <[email protected]> > Date: 3/10/17 7:42 PM (GMT-08:00) > To: Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Rose E. Silvia born St. Mathews, Island of > Pico born approx 1863 > > Mary Jane, > > The map of Pico is here. St. Mathew's is an English translation. I'm going > to let you look at the map and see if you can figure it out: > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/maps-churches-and- > villages/pico.html > > Assuming "Rose" was born on Pico, look for a Rosa (or maybe Maria) born > around her birthdate to parents named Manoel Silva (or Sylva) and Anna > Maria (I'm guessing that's a typo you made). Only then will you be able to > confirm or deny the family lore of Bettencourt. > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > -- > 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. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
