Leonor, There's only 1 Leonor in the Azores DNA project on Familly Tree DNA and it's not you. I know who that other Leonor is. You need to join the Azores DNA Project on FTDNA so I can help you and explain to you want you need to do next, who to contact, etc. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 8:57 PM JR <[email protected]> wrote: > Ok, I think I understand. You want to try and make links using DNA matches > because you don't know one part of your tree. Do your known ancestors > include anyone from Vila Franca? If you post them I may be able to help > with that. > > JR > > On Wednesday, March 20, 2019 at 11:17:40 PM UTC-4, Leonor Bertoni wrote: >> >> Hi, right now, I’m just pulling baptismal records of all my ancestors. >> This is while I’m reading some books on ancestry and trying to figure out >> where to go from here. For example, my maternal grandparents and my great >> grandparents never left the island. Once I have their baptismal, marriage >> and death records (and those of their decendants), what do I do? Am I done >> with them? Is there something else I can search? It seems like so little. >> My grandfather died at sea. I know nothing about life as a fisherman....my >> great grandmother was a foundling so I’m pretty much done my tree on her >> side. My father’s side I know absolutely nothing about. What I’ve been >> trying to do is connect with my DNA matches, and that seems to take me >> everywhere! I may be doing this all wrong but, for now, it’s the only way I >> know how, lol. >> >> On Wed, Mar 20, 2019 at 11:05 PM JR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Leonor, I am confused about who you are researching. Is it that you >>> don't know? You seem to be all over the place when searching. >>> >>> JR >>> >>> On Tuesday, March 19, 2019 at 4:06:36 PM UTC-4, [email protected] >>> wrote: >>>> >>>> Can someone make out the paternal grandfather's last name? I see João >>>> Joaquim ??? >>>> >>>> >>>> >>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1897-1899/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1897-1899_item1/P130.html >>>> >>>> TIA >>>> >>>> Leonor >>>> >>> -- >>> 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.

