Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Willliam J Wood

2013-05-23 Thread eric edgar
Carol, Here you'll see the authors mistake . The Champion, which was at sea in the time period stated was commanded by Thomas Marshall Pease Voyages of Champion (Ship) Built: 1833 in Mattapoisett, MA. Lost in the Arctic, Sept 14, 1871 Departure ArrivalMasterHailing PortDestinationSpermWhaleBon

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Willliam J Wood

2013-05-23 Thread eric edgar
Carol, There are no recorded whaling ships called the Matha. Here's a ship Mary,, Henry Pease Capt, 1844- 1848 out of Edgartown. http://nmdl.org/aowv/whvoyage.cfm?VesselNumber=1895 American Offshore Whaling Voyages: A Database Voyages of Mary (Ship) DepartureArrivalMasterHailing PortDestin

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Willliam J Wood

2013-05-23 Thread eric edgar
Carol, NEPS does not have any Santa Maria records. Depending on the record seen William J Wood was born in Fayal, Pico, Western Islands, or Santa Maria. It's a tough case. I'll look around the ship sites Eric Edgar On Wed, May 22, 2013 at 4:04 PM, Carol Lobo wrote: > Eric,, I have the the Wi

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Willliam J Wood

2013-05-23 Thread Carol Lobo
Eric, Looking at the ship Eagle with Captain Wood and boy William Wood, this could have been his 2nd voyage since he listed his arrival as Jan 10, 1844 - good find. Thank. Carol From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of eric edgar Sent: Wednesday, May 22, 20

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Willliam J Wood

2013-05-23 Thread Carol Lobo
Eric,, I have the the William Madison Wood article from the Wikipedia==On the death record, he died 21 Aug, 1870, he was a laborer estimated year of birth 1827. On his naturalization papers, March , 1853 - he states that he arrived in New Bedford aboard the Bark Matha on Jan 10, 1844 and had been

[AZORES-Genealogy] Fwd: Ernest Moniz, current Energy Secretary

2013-05-23 Thread John Vasconcelos
*I answered my own question by finding him om Wikipedia. His parents were from Sao Miguel. He was born and grew up in Fall River Mass. Graduate of Boston University, PhD from Stanford, Professor of Physics at MIT. Senate confirmed his appointment 97 - 0. * *That's it in a nutshell. * *John Vascon

[AZORES-Genealogy] Ernest Moniz, current Energy Secretary

2013-05-23 Thread John Vasconcelos
*An article in todsy's LA Times regarding Tesla motor company paying back it's loan to the Energy Department cited Secretary of Energy Ernest Moniz. Does anybody know his genealogy, family history, etc? * John Vasconcelos -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vac

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Uploading protocol for the CCA Web site

2013-05-23 Thread rcapodc
Thanks to you both. Rosemarie From: João Ventura Sent: Thursday, May 23, 2013 1:55 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Uploading protocol for the CCA Web site Hello, It's neither the church nor the village. Those records are organized by the Portuguese administrati

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Digital Book on Genetic Structure of Flores Island, Azores

2013-05-23 Thread João Ventura
Hello, Cindy This is actually a research paper from a PhD student in Barcelona. She completed her study in 2005, and included the article in her PhD thesis available at http://www.tdx.cat/bitstream/handle/10803/3666/cmps1de1.pdf?sequence=1 Some of the terms of her work will be familiar to thos

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Uploading protocol for the CCA Web site

2013-05-23 Thread João Ventura
Hello, It's neither the church nor the village. Those records are organized by the Portuguese administrative divisions. In this case they are categorized by: 1. Ilha / Island 2. Conselho / Municipality 3. Freguesia / Civil Parish (the translated term is a bit stupid, but taking into account tha