[AZORES-Genealogy] burials

2013-03-07 Thread Shirl Sereque
Hi!   A lady not related to us at all is buried over my grandmother, in Boston.  Just a thought to ponder, Doug. - Shirl - From: "p...@dholmes.com" To: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, March 8, 2013 1:28 AM Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria Pach

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help reading older record

2013-03-07 Thread Cheri Mello
Rick, They existed, at least when Canto saw them. He indexed (some families) from S. Sebastiao through 1764. So did Rodrigo Rodrigues see them? Did you check to see if your family is in RR? Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tain

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria Pacheco!!! How many they are?!?!?!

2013-03-07 Thread pico
Hi Mike,I don't know this João J. Pacheco, either.Since the first person in the grave is my ancestor - the same one who married my ancestor from Chile - I think those who followed in being buried there are more likely friends or in-laws of your ancestor's generation.Pacheco is found in Pico, and in

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help reading older record

2013-03-07 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Thanks Cheri & Altino, I wanted to make sure as this is my Grandmother's line. There is a record gap in Sao Sebastiao Marriages 1738-1753 and I have looked before the 1738 and have not found the marriage of her parents. It looks like I am going to have to work around the missing marriage by loo

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help reading older record

2013-03-07 Thread Altino Demelo
Hi Richard, I agree with Cheri. The brides parents are from the same parish as where this marriage takes place. The word "nesta" appears when mentioning the parent parish. That word means " in this". Sent from my iPad On 2013-03-07, at 10:18 PM, "Richard Francis Pimentel" wrote: > Hi All,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help reading older record

2013-03-07 Thread Cheri Mello
I think it says this igresia Matriz. Similar to when he writes it at the top. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow th

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation Help - Lajes do Pico birth but Sao Jorge death?

2013-03-07 Thread Cheri Mello
Liz C, What info out of the document can you read and what info do you need help on? The side bar says that Maria died on the 8th of the current month and year. At the bottom of the side bar, it looks like they mention October 1948. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Pon

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria Pacheco!!! How many they are?!?!?!

2013-03-07 Thread Dano
I have 32 Maria Pachecos. Its my most commom name after Manoel de Paiva :) -- -- 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 (v

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Immigration Records located in Fayal

2013-03-07 Thread eric edgar
Fawn, I see a birth record for Palmira Rosa, parents Joseph Rosa and Gertrude Grace in Cambridge 5 Jan 1900. So Joseph died between April of 1899 and JUne 1900 , when the census was taken , and she was shown as widowed. Eric Edgar On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 10:01 AM, eric edgar wrote: > Fawn, >

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2013-03-07 Thread Pam Santos
Wonder when they are going to add more records they haven't added anything since Feb 18 -- -- 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, o

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Pico Ancestor, Manuel Brune b1839 d1907

2013-03-07 Thread rcapodc
> OK Jim, I will check before Tuesday if I get the chance. Ark. is a little too far for you to make the trip but maybe next year when Cheri and I go to Salt Lake City again you can make it there! Rosemarie It would be great if you could check for me. I don't think I'll be able to > make it to

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Immigration Records located in Fayal

2013-03-07 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Gertrude = Gertrudes Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Spring, TX Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha, Achada Grande, Bretanha, and Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores -- -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googl

[AZORES-Genealogy] Translation Help - Lajes do Pico birth but Sao Jorge death?

2013-03-07 Thread Liz Ciampa
I was wondering if anyone has a moment to translate this birth notice and especially the info in the side bar. Any assistance is much appreciated. = Maria daughter of Manuel Machado and Maria Sao Jose Lajes, Baptismos 1860-1867 > 0195 - Reco

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] switching names - research tip

2013-03-07 Thread Cheri Mello
Sometimes, I think she's Josefa do Rosario because she had been praying the rosary during that pregnancy and sometimes I think she's Josefa da Conceição because she'd been praying to Our Lady of the Conception during that pregnancy. George Pacheco told that historically, the mother was not present

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] switching names - research tip

2013-03-07 Thread pico
Hi Marilyn,It's unusual for there to be a variation in the wife's name like that.Normally, one can depend on her sticking to the same first name every time. But her second name can vary and often does. It might be Josefa do Rosário one time and then Josefa da Conceição another.I suspect that the pr

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria Pacheco!!! How many they are?!?!?!

2013-03-07 Thread Eliseu Silva
Thanks Cheri and Eric. The "Maria Pacheco" stuff has been puzzling me for a while. sometimes I get the idea that the first Pacheco people where so fertile and had a lot of children thus the name spread out in very different ways. I am not an expert on the subject but I'm getting the idea that t

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Pico Ancestor, Manuel Brune b1839 d1907

2013-03-07 Thread Pam Santos
I was one of the people on AOL with Cheri and Melody, it took me 15 years to finally do research on the actual Azores. Because of the naming tradition I thought it would be too hard and I might make a mistake and trace the wrong family LOL But it wasn't as hard as I thought after all!!! I just had

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] switching names - research tip

2013-03-07 Thread Cheri Mello
Searching for people using certain parameters in some genealogy software programs: Family Tree Maker: I don't know, but probably. I'm sure someone will chime in. Legacy: Under Search, then Find, then pick the Detailed Search tab. RootsMagic: Not sure. You can go name by name, but in a large data

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria Pacheco!!! How many they are?!?!?!

2013-03-07 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I have in the same 6 grave plot as my GGgrandparents in the St.John the Baptist cemetery in mass. A Joao J. Pacheco, he is listed as being 92 yrs old. He died in Nov 1918 and was buried on November 30, 1918. Now the interesting thing is. He's buried on top of Manuel J. Leal who is a close relative

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] How to make those little URL things

2013-03-07 Thread Pam Santos
Great to know!!! I learned something today, I was wondering yesterday how you had such a short URL lol On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 9:23 AM, Cheri Mello wrote: > A URL: Uniform Resource Locator. The > http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/ thing. > > However, if looking at a certain page, extra

[AZORES-Genealogy] How to make those little URL things

2013-03-07 Thread Cheri Mello
A URL: Uniform Resource Locator. The http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/ thing. However, if looking at a certain page, extra things will be added on. Original home page: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/ The How To page: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/HowTo.html And if

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria Pacheco!!! How many they are?!?!?!

2013-03-07 Thread Cheri Mello
Nah, they have better grapes on Eliseu's side of Sao Miguel! On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:43 AM, eric edgar wrote: > Eliseu, > > I have over 1100 people in my Flores and Pico databases, but not one Maria > Pacheco. There are some surnames specific to certain islands or island > groups. > > I do hav

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Pico Ancestor, Manuel Brune b1839 d1907

2013-03-07 Thread Cheri Mello
Hi Jim A, I'd say that researching any immigrant ancestor (or at least European immigrant ancestors) does have some commonalities. To research just about anywhere in Europe, you need the village. And you'd use naturalization, ships lists, etc to find that village. There were more German and Iri

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria Pacheco!!! How many they are?!?!?!

2013-03-07 Thread eric edgar
Eliseu, I have over 1100 people in my Flores and Pico databases, but not one Maria Pacheco. There are some surnames specific to certain islands or island groups. I do have about 150 each Maria and Manuel Rodrigues. Eric Edgar On Thu, Mar 7, 2013 at 8:33 AM, Cheri Mello wrote: > Eliseu, > > I

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Immigration Records located in Fayal

2013-03-07 Thread Bruce A. Tavares
Fawn, I don't know about Faial, but I checked Ellis Island. I checked EllisIsland.org and found a Jose Silveria daRosa who arrived at Ellis Island on the passenger ship Vega on June 14, 1893. The port of departure was Faial. He was listed as age 19, and a laborer. Coincidently, my great-grandf

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria Pacheco!!! How many they are?!?!?!

2013-03-07 Thread Cheri Mello
Eliseu, I have 7 Maria Pachecos in my database. I may have more that I need to enter. One of them I have no other information on. Two of them I have research for only 1 generation and they don't have a Pacheco parent. Another one I have research only for her paternal side and there's no Pachec

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] switching names - research tip

2013-03-07 Thread Marilyn Thompson
Great post, it also helps me to understand that in one record an ancestor was listed as Rita Josefa and in another as Josefa Rita. thanks Marilyn On Wed, Mar 6, 2013 at 11:33 PM, wrote: > For all new Portuguese genealogists: > > I have run across something just tonight during my research that I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Immigration Records located in Fayal

2013-03-07 Thread Cheri Mello
Fawn U (because we have more than one Fawn on this list), Emigration out of the Azores are the Passaportes. They exist for the 3 ports of Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel, Angra on Terceira, and Horta on Faial (Fayal is the old spelling). Ponta Delgada has the most gaps in their records and Faial's a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Pico Ancestor, Manuel Brune b1839 d1907

2013-03-07 Thread James Albertson
The year I had for their marriage came from the 1900 census. It's highly possible it was transcribed wrong. Thanks!!! On Wednesday, March 6, 2013 6:18:38 PM UTC-6, luiznoia wrote: > > They married in Monterey county in 1866. You might check to original > record on microfilm to confirm the parent

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Pico Ancestor, Manuel Brune b1839 d1907

2013-03-07 Thread James Albertson
Wow! I know I'm a novice at this, but when researching my German and Irish lines it seemed that things came so easily. I guess I became complacent because I had thought I'd looked every place there was to find this information. But then again, it seems the Azores is a completely different anim

[AZORES-Genealogy] Immigration Records located in Fayal

2013-03-07 Thread Fawnie
Good Day, I am hoping for guidance with this question: How would I find Immigration records, in Fayal, for relatives that left there and came to Cambridge, MA? I only have the immigration year. It is for my Great-Great Grandparents and Great-Grandmother. Joseph and Gertrude DaRosa immi