[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rose Andrade Trombus/Trombas - Fayal

2013-03-19 Thread Tomas Leal
I may have some connection by marriage with Rose Trambas (the spelling I have). Her huband, Jose Abreu, may be the nephew of my grandfather, Joao Silveira Leal. Jose Abreu settled in the Mission San Jose area of Fremont. In the late 1920s, my grandmother was very ill and my father and his

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Cabral Famil

2013-03-19 Thread Pam Santos
I have Tavares a Manuel Tavares who married Theresa Cordeiro in Oct 1686, his parents Manuel Tavares and Maria de Lima On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Margaret Vicente margaretvice...@gmail.com wrote: Geneva, All these names are very common in most places. Without breaking them down and

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Opinion on a hard to read name

2013-03-19 Thread mnk
Dano, I think you need to take another look... mnk On Sunday, March 17, 2013 3:07:00 PM UTC-5, Altino wrote: Hi everyone, I have a record that has a name that's difficult to read. I've been able to make out the groom's name and his mother as well as the bride and her parents, but the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Opinion on a hard to read name

2013-03-19 Thread Dano
The name is perfectly clear to me. The first rule in researching any document, is that one needs to view the entire document, so that all information is seen in context. Everyone on this thread is focusing on just a part of a name that they have construed to be an abbreviation for the given

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Cabral Famil

2013-03-19 Thread GENEVA
Not the same wife, Thanks - Original Message - I have Tavares a Manuel Tavares who married Theresa Cordeiro in Oct 1686, his parents Manuel Tavares and Maria de Lima On Mon, Mar 18, 2013 at 9:08 PM, Margaret Vicente margaretvice...@gmail.com wrote: Geneva,  All these names

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Cabral Famil

2013-03-19 Thread GENEVA
The names that I sent. Where I put a name and said such and such the name followed is the wife. All from Sao Jose area. For instance jJ aquim Cabral married Francisca de jesus de sousa. That's all I know about these people. Antonio Cabecceiras married Francisca Rodrigues, Sao Jose but

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Opinion on a hard to read name att. Altino

2013-03-19 Thread Marcio Borba
Altino, I read Mel Pires=Manuel Pires and nothing else. The closest name to Barbosa that I see here is Barbara, which is Manuel Pires wife. Did you try to find a marriage between a Manuel Pires and Barbara da Costa? I took a quick glance in Nordeste I found a few Barbara da Costa but with no

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Cabral Famil

2013-03-19 Thread rondo ranch
I have Souza Man marrying a Caetano woman. They lived in the Hanford, CA area. D -Original Message- From: Gail Elizares geliza...@hawaii.rr.com Sent: Mar 18, 2013 10:57 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Cabral Famil My gg-grandfather was Jose de Souza who

[AZORES-Genealogy] Thanks!

2013-03-19 Thread Gail Elizares
I just want to say thank you very much. E I believe you were the one who gave me a date of a possible Mary Dias that died on May 1, 1933. Well I went on ancestry on that possible date which took me to find a grave. She is buried at St. Mary's. I called them and they didn't have much info so I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Opinion on a hard to read name

2013-03-19 Thread Pam Santos
This reminds of this picture of an old lady, where it could be seen by others as a young lady. I showed this photo to my mom and she seen the old lady, I said don't you see the young lady? She said NO, I drew with my finger the outline of the young ladies face. She still couldn't see it. In other

[AZORES-Genealogy] HOW TO ASSIGN 4TH COUSIN 3 TIMES REMOVED

2013-03-19 Thread jt
How do I assign a 4th cousin 3 times removed match in ftdna? The list jumps from 4th2R to 5th. -- -- 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,

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Opinion on a hard to read name

2013-03-19 Thread pico
Pam,You are 100% correct.I don't know what record they were looking at, but if they tried to trace that line (de Barbosa da Costa), they would come up empty. In fact, I don't think there is such thing as "de Barbosa" unless that's also a location, but I have never seen any Barbosa family using

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] HOW TO ASSIGN 4TH COUSIN 3 TIMES REMOVED

2013-03-19 Thread pico
There isn't such a choice.I have a link to another Terceira researcher, Danny Bertao, whose link is more remote than they offer.I think I have him as a 6th cousin, when in fact I think the closest I found was 8th. Well, I didn't want to throw away my connection, so I just put the most remote

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Cabral Famil

2013-03-19 Thread Gail Elizares
Caetano was supposedly his first name. It has been a difficult journey since the names keep changing. I still have to find 3 brothers yet from my grandfather. I know two of them for sure were in Alameda County, the family thinks they never got married so hopefully it will easier to find. The

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] HOW TO ASSIGN 4TH COUSIN 3 TIMES REMOVED

2013-03-19 Thread Cheri Mello
Hi Judy T, I think it was 2 DNA conferences ago where the admins convinced IT that we needed more that 1st cousin, 2nd cousin, 3rd cousin, etc. So they took 1st through 4th cousins and added once removed and twice removed. They did not do this for 5th or 6th. But we got something. So, it's

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] HOW TO ASSIGN 4TH COUSIN 3 TIMES REMOVED

2013-03-19 Thread judy thompson
Hi Cheri, I think I like the 4C2R and note it idea. That way if I see a 2R I’ll know it might be farther out. I need to start using the notepad more as I hate having to go back and find common ancestors that I already located, and now that I have another account to keep track of it is getting

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] HOW TO ASSIGN 4TH COUSIN 3 TIMES REMOVED

2013-03-19 Thread pico
I didn't realize you are Judy Thompson.You are projected as a 5th cousin for my father and for me and it's an example of people with Lajes do Pico ancestry linking to my family, but the link is beyond what the records can prove.The link could come from your Mamão line, or Nicolau de Ávila, maybe

[AZORES-Genealogy] da Costa in Vila Franca do Campo

2013-03-19 Thread Marcia
My husband and I, along with cousin Terri from Toronto, have been researching Vila Franca do Campo ancestors for several years. We have received a great deal of help from many on this list. In preparation for another trip over this summer, we are trying to get our research ducks in a row, so

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] da Costa in Vila Franca do Campo

2013-03-19 Thread Pam Santos
Who was Jose Jacintho's wfie? On Tue, Mar 19, 2013 at 4:09 PM, Marcia marciaran...@gmail.com wrote: My husband and I, along with cousin Terri from Toronto, have been researching Vila Franca do Campo ancestors for several years. We have received a great deal of help from many on this list.

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rose Andrade Trombus/Trombas - Fayal

2013-03-19 Thread Lee
Tomas, I believe we have a connection as well. I first discovered a connection to Rose Trombas by way her cousin, Antone Lawrence Mendonca (Mendence) listing her mother Mrs. Rose Trombas (Trombus per her burial information at St. Josephs) as his aunt. When I started look for Mrs. Rose

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] da Costa in Vila Franca do Campo

2013-03-19 Thread Marcio Borba
Hi, The info you posted seems a little confusing. I also have ancestors from Matriz and S. Pedro Vila Franca but since I don't the records aren't online I can't do much. I have heard thru people in the list that there are some records missing in S. Pedro, but they would have to tell you the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Thanks!

2013-03-19 Thread E Sharp
Thank you, Gail. It always make me happy when listers are able to glean more family info and can take their family research further back. I don't know how they come up with some of these spellings but not too long ago I also helped another girl with her Dyers family and putting 2 and 2 together

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Melo Family (deMello, Mello)

2013-03-19 Thread natelmello
Shirley, I was just going through some of our family history this weekend. My grandfather (edward mello) His brother (james) and has 2 other brothers and oldest sister Elvita grew up outside Cambridge. Elvita who is in her late 80's has a lot of great Mello pictures, post cards and letters

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] da Costa in Vila Franca do Campo

2013-03-19 Thread Cheri Mello
Marcio, The marriages for the Sao Pedro church of Vila Franca are missing part of the 1770s. They are missing on film and they are missing in the actual book. When I went to the archive with Shirley Allegre, we asked to see the book. It had been rebound and the pages jump from page A to page G