Thank, you for that info,and I sent my DNA two weeks ago. Sorry to say but just myself and one cousin are the only ones left. All that I know is on her death certificate it says that she was from St. Michaels and there is no one I can turn to for any more info.
Thanks Paul Sent from my iPad > On Aug 15, 2019, at 1:48 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Paul, > > You have to have a freguesia in order to start researching over there. Sao > Miguel island has over 70 churches to wade through. > > Have you tried every single thing here (and really, I mean every single > thing): > http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/research-aids-a---l/finding-your-portuguese/ > > It took me 4 years and 25 documents (going through every single thing I could > find) before I figured out the freguesia. This was all B.C. though (Before > Computers). > > And while you are trying every single thing, you need to do DNA. You just > don't know what you don't know. Suppose your 2nd cousin once removed with a > tree of 10,000 people took a DNA test? That cousin would have your freguesia > and then you wouldn't have to go through every single suggestion and you > could go straight to a freguesia. DNA is on sale this month too: > https://www.familytreedna.com/group-join.aspx?Group=AzoresIslands > You want the Family Finder test ($59 USD + $12.95 S&H - includes return > postage back to the lab if you are a U.S. resident). If your mother is alive, > test her. If she is not alive, test one of her siblings. If none of them are > alive, test yourself. > > Good luck! > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > >> On Thu, Aug 15, 2019 at 10:16 AM Comcast <[email protected]> wrote: >> I need help badly,and currently looking for my grandmother my mother's >> mother who died here in the USA when my mother was 3 years old. All we know >> about her from her death cert it says that Anna Cabral was the daughter of >> Antonio Cabral Silva and Anna Luciana from St Michaels Azores and she was >> born in 1879. I looked for her birth based on that info and came up empty. >> Currently trying to find a marriage for Antonio and Anna Luciana. Thanks for >> any help from anyone. My email is [email protected] >> >> Thanks,Paul >> >> Sent from my iPad >> >>> On Aug 14, 2019, at 11:13 PM, Margaret Vicente <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>> Mahalo, Rich. >>> >>> >>> >>> Just to say thank you. The great thing about being in a group is that all >>> of the other members are also at a ready to help and assist. There are a >>> few I could name 😊. None-the-less your email is very much appreciated, >>> thank you! >>> >>> >>> >>> Happy to assist if and when you will have a question. >>> >>> >>> >>> Cheers, >>> >>> >>> >>> Margaret >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Rich Mueller >>> Sent: August 14, 2019 7:10 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] help >>> >>> >>> >>> Margaret, I haven't had to ask a question on my wife's side of our family >>> but I have noticed that you are absolutely amazing at helping folks when >>> they get stuck. Mahalo! >>> >>> >>> >>> E malama pono >>> >>> Rich Mueller >>> >>> "Few will have the greatness to bend history itself; but each of us can >>> work to change a small portion of events, and in the total of all those >>> acts will be written the history of this generation." - Robert F. Kennedy >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> >>> On Wed, Aug 14, 2019 at 2:30 PM Margaret Vicente >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> >>> Hi Gordon, >>> >>> >>> >>> Found your grandfather in passports 1901, # 329 >>> >>> >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1889-1908/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1889-1908_item1/P146.html >>> >>> >>> >>> From their, found their marriage, # 8 right side >>> >>> >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-LJ-LAJES-C-1888-1899/PIC-LJ-LAJES-C-1888-1899_item1/P79.html >>> >>> >>> >>> Margaret >>> >>> >>> >>> From: Gordon soares >>> Sent: August 14, 2019 4:28 PM >>> To: [email protected] >>> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] help >>> >>> >>> >>> I have found the ship my grandmother immigrated on and the date but can’t >>> seem to find the ship passenger list. >>> >>> >>> >>> Marcelina Gaspar Soares sailed on SS Dona Maria on June18,1902. >>> >>> The SS Dona seems to have a few lists but not that date so I am guessing it >>> is an arrival date that is on her immigration papers. What do you think? >>> >>> >>> >>> I also need to find her husband (my grandfather) Manuel Machado Soares who >>> applied for naturalization on June 20,1901 but apparently didn’t complete >>> the process since my grandmother (above) indicates on her naturalization >>> papers that her husband was not naturalized. Any suggestions on how to find >>> his ship or other immigration info for him. 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