[AZORES-Genealogy] Help w/Father's Name on Topo Baptism

2013-11-03 Thread Fawn Silva
If anyone has a minute to check out this baptismal record for Maria daughter of __ Silveira and Maria de Souza. I am looking for children of Mateus Silveira Agueda and Maria de Sousa and am wondering if this is one of them... Can't read the father's first name. http://culturacores.azores

[AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree

2013-11-03 Thread Cheryl Lawrence
Was wondering if anyone on the list has this family in their database/Family tree Antonio Furtado Lourenco b. 1889 in Villa Franca do Campo, Sao Miguel. His parents were Manoel Lourenco of Villa Franco do Campo, and Antonia Emilia Da Conceicao of Ponta Garca, Sao Miguel. I match a few people on t

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation help please....Flamengos

2013-11-03 Thread Pam Santos
Nice and your welcome On Sun, Nov 3, 2013 at 6:36 PM, Lee wrote: > Thank you, Pam! I just found the paternal grandparents marriage in the > of 1744. > > -- > For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this grou

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation help please....Flamengos

2013-11-03 Thread Lee
Thank you, Pam! I just found the paternal grandparents marriage in the of 1744. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the r

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation help please....Flamengos

2013-11-03 Thread Pam Santos
6 Mar 1781 Paternal: Joao Garcia Duarte and Izabel Luis Maternal: Sargent? Francisco Ignacio and Rita Francisca she is from Nossa Senhora da Luz I don't know enough of towns on other islands so hopefully someone else can verify where he was from. maternal it is either Sarg with TA on upper right s

[AZORES-Genealogy] Translation help please....Flamengos

2013-11-03 Thread Lee
I need help with the baptismal record of Anna, daughter of Jose Garcia Duarte and Bernarda Francisca which I've attached below: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FAL-HT-FLAMENGOS-B-1764-1782/FAL-HT-FLAMENGOS-B-1764-1782_item1/P138.html I know that the year of birth is either

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results

2013-11-03 Thread hisalv
Cheri, Amusing and confusing! When I talked to you on the phone, I asked if it would be useless to test my brother with family finder, because I assumed we would be identical, and you said it might be different. You were right. I have 97.59% Western European and 2.41% Africa. M

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results

2013-11-03 Thread Mary Bordi
It certainly is amusing. I come out as 100% French with FTDNA. My grandmother's father's father was French. I have more Irish, Portuguese and German (Prussian) blood. Ancestry had me down as Scandinavian and Southern European until they refined the Scandinavian into Irish. And 23 and Me says I'm Br

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results

2013-11-03 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
I have completed four family finders with Family Tree DNA on myself, my sister, my late Father, and his 1st Cousin. The known ethinecty on each are: My Father: 100% Acorean Portuguese My Sister: 50% Acorean Portu

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results

2013-11-03 Thread hisalv
Cheri, Amusing and confusing! When I talked to you on the phone, I asked if it would be useless to test my brother with family finder, because I assumed we would be identical, and you said it might be different. You were right. I have 97.59% Western European and 2.41% Africa. My brother has

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results

2013-11-03 Thread Cheri Mello
Pat N, The 4 reference populations used are: French, Basque, Spanish, and Orkney Islands (off of Scotland). There is NO Portuguese in the reference population. I think Portuguese Azoreans get put wherever. Until they roll out the new Population Finder with more reference populations, there not much

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree Dna results

2013-11-03 Thread Chuck Nostrome
Doug, I keep trying to figure it out too. I came out 99.23% French. My fathers parents were from the Azores. His mother's side had some Flemish names. My mothers parents were Irish and English. I guessed maybe the Irish were from France. I heard a story that our Anselmo Vieiras had Basque or S

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Record Translation Help

2013-11-03 Thread Diane Geoge
Thanks to you and the other responders I am close to resolving a conflict in records that I have. The translations of the names helps a great deal. Diane George From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Isabella Baltar Sent: Sunday, November 03, 2013 8:43

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Silva/Silveiro Family

2013-11-03 Thread Isabella Baltar
Joy, Augusto was born 22 Nov 1830 and was a natural son of a french man - Frances de nação - called Augusto Caotier and Delfina Luiza, daughter of José Rodrigues and Luiza Ignacia. To the eyes of the church a natural son - Filho natural - was a child born from parents that were not married a

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Record Translation Help

2013-11-03 Thread Isabella Baltar
Diane, I read all the replies you had on your question and I will give you what I can read. This is just an abstract. On the marriage doc you sent I read the following and what is in brackets is the name/names possible for the abbreviations. 14 may 1764 Manoel Fra. [Ferreira or Faria] son of

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Santa Maria - Andrade

2013-11-03 Thread Cheri Mello
Steve A, Start with this how to guide here: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/HowTo.html Then post back and tell you what you've done. You need the freguesia to begin researching over there. Santa Maria has 4 or 5 freguesias (villages), I believe (going off the top of my head here). Che

[AZORES-Genealogy] Santa Maria - Andrade

2013-11-03 Thread Steve Andrade
looking for some clear information on my family name Andrade from the island of Santa Maria Azores. If anyone can kindly lead me in the right path for this... I would greatly appreciate it. Google searches seems to be all messed up and everyone has all the same names and records are not consist

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: PACHECO in New England, 1900-1920

2013-11-03 Thread Betty
Hi Mike, Thank you for responding and for the information. This is interesting. So, this Joao was born around 1828 probably in the Azores. I might have forgotten in my earlier post that Antonio "Tony" had his parents: Joao and Jacinta (COSTA) PACHECO from just outside of Ponta Delga

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: PACHECO in New England, 1900-1920

2013-11-03 Thread Betty
Hi again, I'm up earlier than usual this morning, and decided to search on-line for a few minutes for Joao PACHECO. I first found the discussion on him from earlier this year.Then I went to www.familysearch.org and searched for Joao and found out there were several in MA/US. But mo