Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should i start looking?

[Cheri Mello]

Hi Jesse,

To start genealogy, you need 3 things: A name, a date, and a place. I see
you have the fregueisa (village) which is fantastic! So many struggle to
find that piece of information.

And no disrespect to your ancestors, but it would be better to just refer
to them by name. I have a lot of Ribeira Quente ancestors, but they aren't
my grandparents. They could be my 2nd cousins twice removed. You don't care
that they are my 2C2R, we are just interested in our common ancestors of
Manuel and Maria (or whoever they may be).

So state their names, birth dates (or approximates) and village that each
one is from. I do Ribeira Quente research and it may not be much for me to
figure out who they descend from. Others on this list may be doing Ribeira
Cha, but you may have to do about 200 years (to about the early 1800s) to
make a connection there. With Ribeira Quente, you lucked out.

You may also want to test your DNA or your parents, if they are alive. Or
your grandparents siblings if they are alive. Test the oldest family
member. We can get more into that later. We just need to get you started.

Find yourself a GOOD genealogy program. If you want to have your genealogy
up in the cloud on Ancestry.com or My Heritage, that's fine, but they are
very limiting program-wise. Here are 3 free ones in alphabetical order. If
you like one of them you can purchase it (will have about 100 more bells
and whistles).
Ancestral Quest (Basics is free): http://www.ancquest.com/index.htm (Scroll
to the bottom for Basics)
Legacy Family Tree (Standard is free): http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/
(Blue download link is Standard).
RootsMagic (Essentials is free): http://rootsmagic.com/ (Essentials link to
the left of the grandma's elbow)

Good luck,

Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente,
Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada

On Sun, Feb 5, 2017 at 10:01 PM, Jesse Carvalho  wrote:

> My email is jessecarvalh...@outlook.com if you would like to contact me
> that way.
>
> i just started attempting my family tree.  my grandparents were the first
> ones to america so everything i need would be in the azores because
> thats where they were from. what should i do to find information because my
> close family doesnt know much.
>
> they are from (mothers side) Ribera cha, sao miguel, azores and (fathers
> side) Ribera quente, Sao miguel, azores
>
> advice?
>
> thanbk you for any thing at all!
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Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should i start looking?

[Kathy Cardoza]

Jesse

The Azores GenWeb  has resources that will help you get started. You already 
have some of the necessary information, that is the Freguesia (village/town) 
and island. Try this, in particular and other research aids on the site:

 
http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/research-aids-a---l/finding-your-portuguese/
 


Kathy

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> On Feb 5, 2017, at 10:01 PM, Jesse Carvalho  wrote:
> 
> My email is jessecarvalh...@outlook.com if you would like to contact me that 
> way.
> 
> i just started attempting my family tree.  my grandparents were the first 
> ones to america so everything i need would be in the azores because thats 
> where they were from. what should i do to find information because my close 
> family doesnt know much.
> 
> they are from (mothers side) Ribera cha, sao miguel, azores and (fathers 
> side) Ribera quente, Sao miguel, azores
> 
> advice?
> 
> thanbk you for any thing at all!
> 
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[AZORES-Genealogy] where should i start looking?

[Jesse Carvalho]

My email is jessecarvalh...@outlook.com if you would like to contact me 
that way.

i just started attempting my family tree.  my grandparents were the first 
ones to america so everything i need would be in the azores because 
thats where they were from. what should i do to find information because my 
close family doesnt know much.

they are from (mothers side) Ribera cha, sao miguel, azores and (fathers 
side) Ribera quente, Sao miguel, azores

advice?

thanbk you for any thing at all!

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