Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: What time of the year is best to go to the Azores

2011-11-12 Thread John Raposo
My favorite time to go to the S. Miguel is in the very late summer thru mid November. After that it begins to rain quite a bit and the winter months are absolutely miserable due to pea-soup thick fog, sometimes for days on end, rain, and dampness. Many of the older homes still have no heat to

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with planning a trip to Lisbon and Azores

2011-11-12 Thread nancy jean baptiste
Hi Vivian, May will be pretty in Pico. I know a very good guide/taxi driver who speaks fabulous english and portuguese bothhe's from Pico but lived in RI for many years and has been back in Pico for about 15 years. He knows the island's every nook and cranny and is extremely helpful in

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with planning a trip to Lisbon and Azores

2011-11-12 Thread Besotes
Hello Vivian, Maybe someone else can chime in here on the ferry trip from Pico to Sao Jorge and the amount of time it takes to get back and forth, etc. Originally we were going to do the same from Terceira to Sao Jorge and it would have taken hours for the ferry trip. Hours that we wanted to

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with planning a trip to Lisbon and Azores

2011-11-12 Thread nancy jean baptiste
There's a ferry around 9 in the morning and also a returning one later in the dayseems like it was 8 or so ...the schedule is usually on line at Transmacor. The trip from Pico to Sao Jorge is short since it's only 11 miles or so between islands...maybe 40 minutes, maybe less! During the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Terceira ancestors Justa Coelho x. Pedro Goncalves Linhares

2011-11-12 Thread Shirley Allegre
Sam: Here is what I have from Santa Maria, Azores: Manoel de Mello DOB: about 1648, Sao Pedro, Santa Maria, Azores. DOD: 28 Dec 1728, Ponta Garca, Sao Miguel, Azores SPOUSE Anna de Moura DOB: ?? Sao Pedro, Santa Maria, Azores DOD: 29 Dec 1737, Ponta Garca, Sao Miguel, Azores Any help will

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with planning a trip to Lisbon and Azores

2011-11-12 Thread Besotes
Thank you Nancy Jean! Glad to hear it's a shorter trip - day trips like these would be FUN. J Robin Borba Besotes From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of nancy jean baptiste Sent: Saturday, November 12, 2011 1:18 PM To: azores group Subject: RE:

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with planning a trip to Lisbon and Azores

2011-11-12 Thread Katharine
Transmaçor passenger ferry homepage: http://www.transmacor.pt Schedule between São Roque (Cais do Pico) and Velas, São Jorge: http://www.transmacor.pt/site_actual/index.php?pagina=horarios.php Fares: São Roque-Velas: 10,10 € one-way

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Terceira ancestors Justa Coelho x. Pedro Goncalves Linhares

2011-11-12 Thread Sam Koester
Shirley; Do you have any idea when or in which parish this couple married in? Do you know the parents of either of them? What documents do you have on them? Thanks, Sam From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Shirley Allegre Sent: Saturday, November 12,