It's in the thread about transferring. It's step 5. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Mon, Aug 27, 2018 at 11:56 AM Lori Rose <[email protected]> wrote: > Cheri, I just transferred my Ancestry data to FTDNA and looked for the > Azores Project, but don't see it listed in the projects list. Can you let > me know where to join? > > On Sunday, August 26, 2018 at 7:28:26 AM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: >> >> Gwen, You need to transfer to FTDNA where we have the Azores DNA Project, >> or better yet, test on FTDNA's chip (Ancestry has under 200,000 family >> markers whereas FTDNA tests for 700,000 markers). And FTDNA is having a >> sale this week. Rick Pimentel, my co-admin, will post the direct link to >> order. If you want to transfer, I can get you that information in a day. >> >> Also, I don't see a lot of U.S. based research mentioned in your post. >> I'm hoping someone can post the link from the Azores GenWeb for Gwen. >> >> I'm not at home and right now I am not on my computer, so I am asking >> others to help out by providing the links I've mentioned. >> Cheri Mello, FTDNA Administrator >> >> On Aug 26, 2018 9:17 AM, "Gwen Caldeira" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> John: thanks for the response. You had some contact with my brother >>> Greg Caldeira in 2013 but he kind of dropped researching; he did find a >>> local paper article from 1921 about the death of our grandfather Joseph >>> Freitas Caldeira Sr's train-car accident which was quite enlightening but >>> gave us no new names of possible sibs to give us Caldeira family info. Greg >>> did visit Flores 3 yrs ago, met a cousin from JFC's side of the family and >>> got some info on cousins (mostly in Brazil as it turns out) but not about >>> any sibs who actually lived in the US and may have had kids who would be >>> our cousins. I did unearth a trove of photos -- most looked to be from >>> 1920-30s -- our Nana left us when she died in 1965 that points to a close >>> relationship between JFC Sr with at least one brother (Jao or John we >>> think), and we have a story of questionable reliability that JFC Sr may >>> have 2 or 3 sisters he lived with in the US in the early 1900s but nothing >>> about their married names or any offspring who'd be cousins. But we've got >>> nothing really about Nana Sears/Soares Caldeira's real last name (or her >>> real first name...she was variously referred to as Mary, Maria, and >>> Mariann) and whether she did/didn't have a brother living in the US (photo >>> with the two, but he could have been visiting from the Azores, not here in >>> the US). Most photos had no names of who was in the pictures; my attempt >>> at trying to trace people through the studio names on some of the portrait >>> frames was a dead end since they were so old. >>> >>> So I'm trying to pick up on my Dad's parents and grandparents because we >>> have so few clues about who they were and which if any siblings might have >>> come to the US and would be our 2nd or 3rd cousins. My DNA points toward a >>> large Italian/Greek and Irish connection that would have to be from my >>> paternal grandparents or ggp generations and not really far back, something >>> intriguing and unexpected. Beyond trying to get in touch with some of the >>> names the DNA matches gave me, I'm lost. Greg did find the ship Joseph >>> Freitas Caldeira Sr arrived on in early 1900s in Providence but evidently >>> he came alone (or with a relative with a different surname). We know some >>> first cousins (some we don't due to alienation between Dad and 2 sisters) >>> but even they don't know any names beyond Nana and our grandfather. One >>> first cousin is having her DNA done which may give us some help refining >>> DNA matches to contact....but I'm finding people don't check their >>> Ancestry.com accounts for messages very often so getting replies back is >>> slow. I've tried to find my Nana Sears/Soares-Caldeira on ship manifest >>> lists with variations of first and last names, but so far no luck. Because >>> there's so much Italian/Greek DNA in my DNA profile, I'm wondering if our >>> assumption "Mary Sears" had to be "Mary Soares" isn't a good one, but >>> then I don't what other names or ship manifest lists to try. I'm hoping >>> her 1965 death cert lists her parents names and maybe which island she >>> debarked from. We're believe my Nana was never naturalized, and census data >>> just says "Mary Caldeira" though there could be a 1910 (pre-marriage) >>> census she appears on, but under what name and where (we think she lived in >>> Idaho after emigrating but are unsure when she came to the SF area)? >>> >>> The "Joseph Freitas from Craterville:" gave me a chuckle. We'd always >>> thought more volcano or cauldron, a little more dignified than >>> "Craterville." We know from JFC Sr.'s death cert his father went by 'Frank >>> Freitas Caldeira' which isn't the usual Portuguese linguistic convention, >>> which would be 'mother's surname/father's surname' so that's odd. But we >>> know it's possible that American cousins might be using 'Freitas' instead >>> of 'Caldeira' or even some over name if JFC Sr's siblings were named by >>> the normal linguistic convention. We think Frank Freitas Caldeira owned >>> land on the 'caldeira' part of Flores: my Dad once said he got a letter >>> from a tenant after Nana Caldeira died about ownership of the house/land >>> they'd been occupying for decades...we don't know if what meant about our >>> grandparents' siblings, whether there were fewer than we thought or just >>> that ownership of this house/land had been passed around as Azorean-based >>> siblings died off. Of course Dad threw out the tenant's letter, so that >>> clue is gone. >>> >>> Do you have suggestions on searching for someone whose first and last >>> names may be variations of Mary Sears? Or is hoping that her death cert has >>> her parents' names or that some of my DNA matches get in touch with me >>> about the only lines of research for my Nana's parentage and possible >>> siblings for both Nana and my Grandfather Caldeira? >>> >>> Saw your post on siblings having different DNA profiles and understand >>> about variations; but my brother is resistant to do the test to help >>> identify maybe more Caldeira/Sears relatives. I of course am curious about >>> me actually having more Italian/Greek DNA than Iberian and would love to >>> track that down, but I'm most concerned about who my paternal grandparents >>> were and if they had siblings that lived in America who might lead me to >>> 2nd and 3rd cousins who would have more family history. So help! What >>> other records or places should I be searching or posting on? Thanks, Gwen >>> Caldeira >>> >>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 6:12 PM John Vasconcelos <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Gwen, >>>> My gggrandfather Jose de Freitas da Caldeira was born 02 Aug 1774, >>>> Caldeira, Mosteiro, Lajes das Flores, married 29 Aug 1796 at Nossa Sra dos >>>> Remediios (in Fajazinha) to Ana Pimentel, born 10 Oct 1776, Lajedo, Lajes >>>> das Flores. They were the parents of my ggrandfather Francisco de Freitas. >>>> Caldeira is a small settlement (of about 2 or 3 houses) in the next >>>> valley over the hill from Fajazinha so the residents were parishinors of >>>> Nossa Sra dos Remedios. (Caldeira literally means crater and was the site >>>> of an ancient volcanic crater) So Caldeira is a location name and his full >>>> name could be translated to "Joe Freitas from Craterville" These suffixes >>>> (especially upon immigration) have a tendency of becoming the official >>>> surname. So we might be cousins! >>>> I have 3 or 4 more generations back, so if you are interested, email me >>>> at GfsJohnV at gmail dot com. >>>> John Vasconcelos >>>> >>>> On Fri, Aug 24, 2018 at 9:14 AM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Repost for Gwen, 123caldeira at gmail.com >>>>> >>>>> Recently did Ancestry.com DNA, am now backtracking to find info on >>>>> paternal side (already had maternal DNA matches and know many maternal >>>>> first-third cousins). >>>>> >>>>> My paternal grandmother's name was Mary Sears in some records, but >>>>> Mary could be Maria, and Sears could be Soares. No middle name known. >>>>> She died in Merced County in March, 1965, and was born about 1889 >>>>> possibly >>>>> in Pico, Azores. We have nothing on the yr she emigrated nor port of >>>>> entry, >>>>> but family story is she worked on a sheep ranch in Idaho for a few yrs >>>>> under sponsorship of an uncle (no name) and may have had at least one >>>>> brother here in the US (we think it was Anthony or Antonio Sears/Soares). >>>>> She married Joseph Freitas Caldeira (we think from Flores, Azores) in >>>>> Contra Costa Cty in 1911, then settled in Gustine, CA, had 5 living >>>>> children, including my Dad, Joseph (Jr). Joseph Freitas Caldeira 1921 >>>>> death cert says his parents were Frank Freitas Caldeira and Mary Sousa of >>>>> the Azores. We have no info on Mary's parents' names; picked up the Pico, >>>>> Azores birthplace from a Google Group string from 2013 which seemed to >>>>> match my grandmother's dates. Using DNA matches from maternal relatives >>>>> I've picked out names of 2nd and 3rd cousins in my own DNA matches that I >>>>> believe may be related to me through my paternal grandfather/grandmother; >>>>> no responses yet from messages sent through Ancestry.com so think I need >>>>> more names/info on both paternal grands. >>>>> >>>>> I'd appreciate help picking up info or links on both of my paternal >>>>> grandparents, but especially on my grandmother Mary/Maria Soares/Sears >>>>> e.g. we'd like to find out if her maiden surname was really Sears or >>>>> Soares >>>>> or something else as my DNA ethnicity groups show unexpected possibility >>>>> of non-Portuguese lineage in the paternal greatgrandparent generation >>>>> (Italian and Irish in very high percentages). 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