Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel covers about 1/3 of the island. It's a fairly large area.
Sit down with your grandfather and go to the Azores GenWeb here: http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/maps-churches-and-villages/sao-miguel/ Read every freguesia and church that belongs to Ponta Delgada. Maybe it will jog his memory if you say it. And get his DNA. He was born about 1930-31, so he has DNA in him back to about 1730-31. You'll want to use it to verify your paper trail and to overcome those "pai incognito" lines. There are many people from the Ponta Delgada council and we're still in survey/census mode, trying to collect as much data as we can. Order here: https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=AzoresIslands You want the Family Finder test. You will eventually want to add on Y-DNA 37, 67, or 111 and mtDNA (Full Sequence). It may go on sale towards the end of April (in honor of the day DNA was founded). If one DNA company has a St. Patrick's Day sale, the others might follow suit, so the price may drop about $20 USD. I suggest you use Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) because they use cheek swabs (looks like giant Q-tips). It's much easier for senior citizens than the saliva/spit tube samples. Good luck. I hope you jog his memory. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 9:34 PM Justin Brown <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Cherri and Mara, I have basically every record you can have from the > US except for the immigration records. All census records, marriage > records, WW1 draft records, birth records of children, Family pictures, US > Directories, Names/Dates etc...They all say São Miguel(St.Michael) > Some census say Western Islands but I know that is a stand in for the > Azores. The island of origin wasn't a mystery though, as I know I'm of > Michalense descent but my grandfather who is almost 88 couldn't remember > the Conselho or Freguesia his family is from. Finally I found a > naturalization record that says Ponta Delgada, St Michael, Western > Islands(Azores). So now I am looking through the records from the > Azores(Ican speak, read, and write in Portuguese relatively well) to find > baptism and parental marriage records. I'm visiting São Miguel in a few > months for the second time and really want to find the exact place so I can > visit. Thank you for your responses they help a lot. I'm guess I'm just > glad it isn't Ponta Delgada the municipality as that covers almost have the > island or am I misreading and that is what you mean? > > -- > 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.
