Hi Priscilla, On Sao Miguel, you need to know an ancestor that was born, married, or died in 1905 or 1910 or before. It depends on the freguesia.
Let us pretend you have an ancestor who married in 1903 in Vila Franca (Sao Miguel Arcanjo/Matriz). You go to that marriage book in 1903 (they are online) and you look for your ancestors names. Once you find them, it will say that they are the son or daughter of _______. And where they are from. You follow the paper trail back from there. Use Tombo.pt to navigate. It's much easier to use than the Centro do Conhecimento dos Azores (CCA) site. Tombo.pt will link you there once you are done navigating. 1) Tombo.pt 2) Left column: You can type Vila Franca do Campo in the search box. Or you can scroll down the left column to Acores, then Sao Miguel, then Vila Franca do Campo (concelho), then Vila Franca do Campo (itself), then pick the church. 3) Look for the series or record set: baptism, marriage, or death. Vila Franca has some indices too for certain time periods. They are a little hard to use online, but it will definitely save time. 4) Click on what you want and Tombo.pt links you to the book on the CCA site. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 9:29 AM, Priscilla Sousa < priscillasousa...@gmail.com> wrote: > This is amazing how do you do this? I’m finding that I don’t know where to > start I have a family tree in My ancestery but it’s pretty much based on > what I know not what I’ve researched. Is there a site that teaches people > how to work on their family tree and genealogy? I can’t thank you enough > for your help all of this now is starting to make sense. Based on the > stories that I’ve heard reading these names and making the connections is > absolutely amazing > > On Fri, May 18, 2018 at 7:07 AM JR <jmro...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> And here you have Manoel using the apelido Raleza. >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG- >> VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1895-1899/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1895-1899_item1/P160.html >> >> No 133, Joao, born- Sept 5- 1896, bap- Sept 13- 1896 to Manoel Soares >> Raleza and Maria Jose. >> >> JR >> >> On Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 11:03:36 PM UTC-4, JR wrote: >>> >>> This is your lucky day. They appeared in Vila Franca index. In the >>> marriage record, Manoel Soares did not use Raleza. However, he may have >>> used that name when he had children. You can see that Maria Jose got her >>> name from her father, Jose Ventura. >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG- >>> VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1890-1894/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1890-1894_item1/P118.html >>> >>> Igreja de Matriz de Sao Miguel, Vila Franca do Campo, record 31, Sept 6- >>> 1793 >>> Manoel Soares com (with) Maria Jose. He is 27 years old, single, >>> pedreiro (mason/stone worker), native, baptised and residing this freguesia >>> on Rua (street) do Geral, legitimate son of Francisco Soares, pedreiro, and >>> Antonia Julia, domestic, both natives of the freguesia of Sao Pedro of said >>> Vila Franca do Campo; and she is 14 years old, single costureira >>> (seamstress), native, baptised and living this freguesia on Rua de Penigao, >>> legitimate daughter of Jose Ventura, guarda fiscal (perhaps customs >>> officer), native of freguesia of Sao Sebastiao of the city of Ponta >>> Delgada, and Maria do Rosario, domestic, native of this freguesia (SM de >>> VF); Witnesses- Joao Manoel Estrella, photographer and Jose Fructuoso de >>> Lima, meste de barco (perhaps boat builder), both married men living in >>> this freguesia. >>> >>> JR >>> >>> On Thursday, May 17, 2018 at 10:01:50 PM UTC-4, Priscilla Sousa wrote: >>>> >>>> >>>> Thankful that you got back to me I did not know that there was over >>>> 2000 people in this group I am so sorry. I am so very new to all of this I >>>> started off on ancestery I have a tree on there and on my heritage. Is it >>>> possible that I can transfer my trees to family tree DNA? Also this week I >>>> did a test on my great grandmother sister who will be 100 years old next >>>> month on the ninth . Now just waiting for the results she’s from Vila >>>> Franca do campo >>>> >>>> On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 5:26 PM Cheri Mello <gfsc...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Priscilla, >>>>> >>>>> I checked your results on Family Tree DNA. You have no tree up for >>>>> your matches to look at. You really need a tree up so the Parental >>>>> Matching >>>>> feature can be activated. >>>>> >>>>> If your parents are alive, talk them into DNA testing. If any of your >>>>> grandparents are alive, talk them into DNA testing. The more relatives >>>>> that >>>>> you test, the more that we "stack the deck" in your favor. I don't know >>>>> what the Portuguese expression for that would be. >>>>> >>>>> Your matches seem to indicate that you have both Vila Franca lines and >>>>> Ribeira Quente lines. You need to get those sorted out. What you start >>>>> working with what you know, the unknown will start to come into focus. >>>>> >>>>> I don't know who your comment was directed towards. We have 2000 or so >>>>> people on this list. To find out if the person is matching you on FTDNA, >>>>> just run their first name or their last name through the search box and >>>>> take a look. >>>>> >>>>> I will be on Sao Miguel in July and can meet up with you and show you >>>>> how to maximize your results on FTDNA. You'll need your tree up. Make a >>>>> Gedcom from your genealogy software program and upload it to FTDNA. >>>>> Thanks, >>>>> Cheri Mello, Family Tree DNA Admin (volunteer), Azores DNA Project >>>>> >>>>> Cheri Mello >>>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira >>>>> Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>>>> >>>>> On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 2:56 AM, Priscilla Sousa < >>>>> priscill...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Same my Manuel raleza soares was there in vila but not sure if he was >>>>>> born there... this name is very uncommon did you do a DNA test? Or are >>>>>> you >>>>>> on Gedmatch >>>>>> >>>>>> On Thu, May 17, 2018 at 2:15 AM <fpimen...@gmail.com> wrote: >>>>>> >>>>>>> Yes, he’s from there but I can’t say if he was born there. >>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >> 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. > 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. 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