Cheri, Thanks so much, I at least have a starting point. I will work it from there.
Have a great day! ~Kristie On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Kristie S, > > To begin researching in the Azores, you need to know who is from which > island and which freguesia (fregh (rhymes with Greg) - Z -ah - village) > that they are from. Everything in Europe is organized on the town/village > level. > > For the islands of Pico and Faial, there are finding aids. You must use > the modern Portuguese spelling. > > Mary Rose would be Maria da Rosa. Manuel Rose would be Manuel da Rosa. > Isabella Soares is Isabela or Isabel Soares. I've never seen Treza,but I > don't research those islands. > > Lauriana Rose Simas Rose Ormond is a problem. She might be Lauriana Rosa > Simas da Rosa Ormonde, but there seems too be too many Rosas in there. De > Brum has a space. > > This site, with the acronym of CITCEM is missing one freguesia on Faial, > but I *think* it has all of Pico, but I'm not sure. The Pico researchers > will chime in. You will find a Manuel da Rosa in every single freguesia. By > using the wife's names (Isabela Soares and Maria de Brum) will help, but > you'll have to double check to be sure that they are ONLY couple on that > whole island with that name combination. > > CITCEM is here: http://www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt/genealogias.html > Start with the first freguesia on Pico (Concelho de Madalena). Click that, > next screen, scroll down and click the arrow, next screen click the British > flag to navigate in English. Keep working you way down, collecting all the > Manuel da Rosas married to Isabela Soares and Maria de Brum. > > This needle in the haystack method (even with a PARTIAL index) will be > rather daunting. You should do more U.S. research by using censuses (for > immigration year), obituaries, WWI Draft, naturalizations, etc, etc. A > how-to can be found on the Azores GenWeb here: https://goo.gl/dGG4Ar > > Good luck, 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.
