Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Locating the village or freguesia

2011-12-31 Thread Margaret Vicente
Gail, I searched through the 1883 passports out of S. Miguel and did not find your Caetano or his parents, sorry. If he exit the island in 1885 the records are not posted on the cca site, Wishing you and all in the group a Healthy and Happy New Year!!! Margaret On Fri, Dec 30, 2011 at 1:18

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Locating the village or freguesia

2011-12-31 Thread Linda Norton
No. There are a lot of Furtado's and when I have time, I'm going to make the connection. I've been getting close with the help of Rick Pimentel, but it's been a process for me and because of work. I just got connected to my cousin from Ribeira Grande on FB and thrilled. I told her to join the

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Locating the village or freguesia

2011-12-31 Thread Gail Elizares
Margaret, It is so puzzling because I can’t find his or my grandmother on any of the ship lists. I can only think that the names were different on the ships. Well I’ll keep trying and see what I come up with. Thanks for the help, Gail From: azores@googlegroups.com

[AZORES-Genealogy] Da Silva family on Sao Jorge Island

2011-12-31 Thread PearlCat 500
Is there anyone working on family history for Sao Jorge? I am from the Silva line out of Calhetta. Looking for info on g g grandparents, ggrandparents' siblings, etc. have posted before. I use Tribalpages. My great grand father was Jorge Da Silva, his wife was Arminda Aurora Lui( z or s). George

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Locating the village or freguesia

2011-12-31 Thread Pat McCoy
Okay. Just in case anyone is researching Caetano Moniz FURTADO and Maria do Espirito Santo FURTADO, I found the following listing on the S. S. Dona Maria, sailing from Sao Miguel, Azores on 30 March 1901 and arriving in the Port of New York 12 April 1901: Caetano Moniz FURTADO 24 M Laborer

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Da Silva family on Sao Jorge Island

2011-12-31 Thread Adair Borba
Robin, I have been trying for some time to connect my Great Grandmother (Jennie Solomon Silva) to her family. She was born in 1856(Sao Jorge), arrived in 1869 to Rhode Island, she married in 1875 Manuel Ignacio Borba in Rhode Island. They migrated to Northern California and settled in

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Da Silva family on Sao Jorge Island

2011-12-31 Thread Donna Olovson
I, too, have my great grandfather, Antone Joseph (AJ) (da)SILVA from Sao Jorge. João Ventura helped me locate this family through of a letter sent by AJ Silva's brother-in-law. The CCA baptism record reads: António, son of António José de Quadros and his wife Maria Silveira, both native