[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Felix Jose da Silviera - son's change of name

2012-09-28 Thread Dano
Patronymics isn't involved in this case at all. Normally, the rule of thumb was that only the eldest male was entitled to use the father's surname, so, perhaps Cristiano had an elder brother. Other males would then take the mother's surname. Since women's surnames were often not recorded

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] found him

2012-09-28 Thread rondo ranch
-Original Message- From: alrose...@aol.com Sent: Sep 27, 2012 7:00 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] found him Mike, I am happy for you! Mind telling us his full name birthdate his parents and grandparents from the baptismo that Joao found for you?

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Felix Jose da Silviera - son's change of name

2012-09-28 Thread Hughes Roselyn
Hi Diane, You should also read the information listed on the Azores Gen Web site about naming practices written by Kathy Cardoza and Cheri Mello: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/naming.html It was very helpful. Roselyn On Thu, Sep 27, 2012 at 10:10 PM, Dano dpai...@gmail.com wrote:

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with note in side-margin of baptismal record

2012-09-28 Thread Hermano C. Pires
MargaretThe notation the margin by the curate Couto, refers the fact that a copy of Antonio's birth certificate (the first one) was prepared for some oficial reason such as aplying for a passport f example.Tha date that I read is 13 January 1866 which would make Antonio 28 years old could even

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Felix Jose da Silviera - son's change of name

2012-09-28 Thread Gail Elizares
That article also helped me a lot, in understanding my family history also. Gail E. From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Hughes Roselyn Sent: Friday, September 28, 2012 7:07 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Felix

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] found him

2012-09-28 Thread Leanne Anysia
Mike - The earliest ancestor I can trace on my mother's father's side was a man named Joao Pinheiro (possibly also Botelho), who was born in 1590 and married to Beatriz Vieira Goncalves. Joao's church records claims he was born in Cedros, but my research states that Cedros was not founded

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FTDNA's Flash Weekend Sale (Fri, Sept. 28 through Sun, Sept 30)

2012-09-28 Thread Mike
if you're ordering an upgraded test will you be sent another test kit or do the first test kits provide enough data where it just needs to be interpreted? On Thursday, September 27, 2012 9:14:58 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: Pam, Because I think they the are going to be phasing out the basic

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] found him

2012-09-28 Thread Mike
hey Leanne, as you can tell by my Ggrandfather's birthdate I'm no where near as far back as you are, maybe someday, my next major stumbling block is my GGgrandfather and where on Faial he came from, On Friday, September 28, 2012 5:40:34 PM UTC-4, Leanne Anysia wrote: Mike - The earliest

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FTDNA's Flash Weekend Sale (Fri, Sept. 28 through Sun, Sept 30)

2012-09-28 Thread Pam Santos
Well that makes sense, hopefully in December I will be back at work.(I am really tired of not being able to find a job) I had my side all pitch in to do a Family Finder + YDNA 12, but not sure on my ex husbands side if they would.. Most of them like me better than him anyways LOL so maybe I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FTDNA's Flash Weekend Sale (Fri, Sept. 28 through Sun, Sept 30)

2012-09-28 Thread Cheri Mello
Mike (and others who have previously ordered): Your vials are being stored for at least 25 years from when you took your first DNA test. They will pull your vials and run them. If they can't find enough chromosomes (something small - like 3% of the time), a notice will appear on your personal

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FTDNA's Flash Weekend Sale (Fri, Sept. 28 through Sun, Sept 30)

2012-09-28 Thread Cheri Mello
Greg, You can order the kit and have it sent to your daughter's house as you stated and then mail it in later. I still have a couple of kits that haven't been returned from the June sale. As well as a few other kits that were order a couple of years ago and not been returned. If they've been

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Felix Jose da Silviera - son's change of name

2012-09-28 Thread Leanne Anysia
Many families in the Azores took different names than that of their father's. Often a husband couple gave his wife's last name to his children, or used a godparent's name...or, as I have often found, some names were simply adopted at random. Take the case of my neighbor Antonio Silva. His

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Furtado in Pleasanton, CA

2012-09-28 Thread Leanne Anysia
Do you have an ancestry.com account? This is her record: http://trees.ancestry.com/tree/24094979/person/1473461270 Seems she was still living CA in 1957 according to that year's city directory. Her address was 198 S Main F Cntrvl 8-2646. Her parents were Antone F Amaral (1865-1902) and Mary

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Manuel Rego Cabral

2012-09-28 Thread Leanne Anysia
Are you sure he was from Rhode Island? I show him living in Fall River, MA and enlisting in WWII. He arrived in Boston on the ship SS Romanie from Sao Miguel on April 23, 1906 with a man named Francesco Rego and 7 other passengers with the last name of Cabral. Manuel's estimated birth year is

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Felix Jose da Silviera - son's change of name

2012-09-28 Thread Diane
Thank you Rose for this link. It has given me a better understanding of all the names, but it is confusing. My GGrandfather Joaquim Machado Pereira changed his name to Anthony Mitchell when he came to Australia and the family always said that Mitchell was the neighbours' name. I didn't

[AZORES-Genealogy] Supercentenarian from Candelaria Pico - Julia Machado Rose 1902 - 2012

2012-09-28 Thread Veronica Perry
Saw this article in the San Jose Mercury News on Wednesday and sharing with the group because of her exceptional long life but also because she will remind many of you of a cherished mother, grandmother, aunt, great aunt or old neighbor.     Julia Machado Rose January 27, 1902 - September 21,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Supercentenarian from Candelaria Pico - Julia Machado Rose 1902 - 2012

2012-09-28 Thread bellemarco
Wonderful life story. Thanks for sharing. God Bless Her. E -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with note in side-margin of baptismal record

2012-09-28 Thread Margaret Vicente
Dano and Hermano, The questions were David's, I only gave him a translation of what the margin note read without giving it interpration, nonetheless I would comment;. Dano, Curate is a derivative of the word cura which means to heal and the priest of this rank was in charge of the healing of

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Supercentenarian from Candelaria Pico - Julia Machado Rose 1902 - 2012

2012-09-28 Thread allevaconrad
Thanks for sharing this wonderful story. Sent from my iPhone On Sep 28, 2012, at 6:06 PM, bellema...@gmail.com wrote: Wonderful life story. Thanks for sharing. God Bless Her. E -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: FTDNA's Flash Weekend Sale (Fri, Sept. 28 through Sun, Sept 30)

2012-09-28 Thread Tex
Cheri, Can you explane the differences between: HVR1 to mtDNA Full Sequence, regularly $269, on sale for $199. HVR2 to mtDNA Full Sequence, regularly $239, on sale for $199. mtDNA Full Sequence, regularly $289, on sale for $199. When I look at mtDNA on the FTDNA website. it states that it

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with note in side-margin of baptismal record

2012-09-28 Thread Sam Koester
Margaret; Thanks much for this explanation of the word “Cura” which we see so often in the documents. I’ve been trying to figure out what it meant besides “to heal” which is the translation I got on google. Always nice to have one less thing to puzzle about! Thanks again, Sam in CA Dano,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: FTDNA's Flash Weekend Sale (Fri, Sept. 28 through Sun, Sept 30)

2012-09-28 Thread Cheri Mello
Tex (and others who want to know), The total mtDNA molecule is *only* 16,569 base pairs (small compared to other types of DNA that we have). Initially, only the D-loop region was tested. This region consisted of Hyper-Variable Region 1 (569 base pairs, I think), and Hyper-Variable Region II

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Supercentenarian from Candelaria Pico - Julia Machado Rose 1902 - 2012

2012-09-28 Thread Gayle Machado
Veronica, I'm sorry I didn't know her. I looked up her tree on NEPS and have already found four connections, making her a cousin. Gayle On Sep 28, 2012, at 5:03 PM, Veronica Perry nypac...@yahoo.com wrote: Saw this article in the San Jose Mercury News on Wednesday and sharing with the