Cheri, Sorry to bother you, but I am searching the site and my records have some of my family in Almagreira (Lajes de Pico) on the island of Santa Maria, which I don't see on the site. Any ideas?
Thanks for your help. ~Kristie On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Kristie Scherm <[email protected]> wrote: > 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.
