Cheri, This is a big help; in a fast explanation you’ve listed the steps and what’s possible.
Mario, I’m a little farther along than you are, and it’s getting easier. Going back to grandparents in the 1800s, I’ve enjoyed learning a little translation and found ways to use google translate on the parts I don’t know. The written out year also gets in the way until you figure out how to read it. I hope to be at the Conference in June. Thank you for telling us about it. Good luck, Mario! Debbie Shepherd Mendonca On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 8:28 PM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mario or Billy, > > You are looking a church records. They are done by date. If it's a > baptism, they are going by baptism date. So they are chronological. It may > take more than 2 days to get used to it though. > > Silva/Silvia and things like that, you'll get use to it. > > If you know your dad was Mariano and was born 14 Apr 1914, you can get his > baptism which will provide his parents and his grandparents and from there, > you can use the online records. You need to know the exact village your dad > came from. If he came from the city of Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel, you'll > need to know the church as they have a few. > > Once you get the 3 piece of information (name, date, and place -village > and/or church), you can pay Joao Ventura to retrieve the record for you. He > takes PayPal. His email is heroi99 at yahoo.com > > After that, we can show you the format that the records follow for the 3 > time periods. It's on the Azores GenWeb here: > > http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/research-aids-a---l/finding-your-portuguese/finding-your-portuguese-9/ > > And if you learn better in person than reading and figuring it out on your > own, you are in luck. We are having a Portuguese Genealogy Conference in > June in Salt Lake City. That information is here: > http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/2019slcazoresconfv12.pdf > > Good luck, > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > On Fri, Mar 15, 2019 at 8:15 PM Billy Shear <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I've wasted two days, going through Birth records,Passport records >> Baptismal records looking over the Centro de Conhecimento. All such a waste >> of time. I don't understand their system, nothing is files by dates(like >> year,month,day) they start with first names. So in my case. His first name >> was Manuel and my Grandmother is Maria, page after page so disappointing. I >> think I'll just forget about trying to find out were they came from and >> just visit the Island. I would think someone would come up with a better >> system. To make things worst their last name was changed from DaSilva to >> Silvia when they come from Sao Miguel, Ponta Delgarda to the USA,so much >> for accuracy. So half my cousins are Silva and the other half are Silvia. >> My father was born there and his first name was Mariano, now that's a >> different name. I found a few pages with that first name however it does >> not go to April 14,1914. I hope when I get there it will be some what >> easier. >> >> Thank for any help >> Mario Silvia >> >> -- >> 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.
