Thank you! Which site will need to be back up? On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 8:52 PM, JR <[email protected]> wrote:
> "the newest one is Almagreira, and there are a few online books already, > before those years, one must go to Assunção, in other words, Vila do Porto. > And those are the only Parishes online for now." That quote is from a past > posting. Almagreira is on St Maria Island, not Pico. You can look it up > once the site is back up. > > JR > > On Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 8:05:07 PM UTC-4, Kristie Scherm wrote: >> >> 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. > -- 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.
