[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: DNA Matches to Mexico

2014-03-16 Thread Antonio Faria
Manny I have looked a little closer at my family tree I descend from Baltazar Vieira through his son Manuel Vieira de Faria. Chances are you descend from the other son Francisco Vieira de Faria who Married Maria da Rosa April 27, 1643 in Sao Roque Pico, but it appear that he moved back to Sao M

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname - HOMEM

2014-03-16 Thread Antonio Faria
I have done some research and the surname Homem comes from the river Homem and it was a Pereira that took on that surname so it appears that the Homem's were originally Pereira. On Saturday, March 15, 2014 6:46:24 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: > > HOMEM is common on Pico and Terceira. >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname - HOMEM

2014-03-16 Thread Antonio Faria
There is a river in the north of Portugal by the name of Homem in the minho region where many of our ancestors left from to settle the Azores islands. On Saturday, March 15, 2014 10:21:13 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: > > It just occurred to me that maybe some named Homem did change it b

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Familias Faialenses by Marcelino Lima

2014-03-16 Thread aportugee
Steve; When I go to this site and search, it says: Full view is not available for this item due to copyright © restrictions. Page numbers with matches are displayed without text snippets due to these restrictions. Snippets may be available for some items if you log in. Apparently, to create

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Marriage Record of Manuel da Costa and Filomena da Conceicao (around 1863)

2014-03-16 Thread Joseph Costa
Joe Matias found Francisco’s birth record for me (Thanks, Joe!): http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1786-1795/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1786-1795_item1/P127.html On Saturday, March 15, 2014 3:38:14 PM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: > > Now I’m on a search for Manuel’s fa

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ships

2014-03-16 Thread Antonio Roque
Thank you Cheri On Saturday, March 15, 2014 5:07:39 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Antonio R, > > Yes, emigration out of the Azores are the Passaportes book. The port of > Ponta Delgada, on Sao Miguel island is online at the CCA site: > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/ > > The direct URL

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname

2014-03-16 Thread hisalv
There are a lot of Homem's where my mother's family come from. (Biscoites, Terceira). My 4th, 5th, 6th & 7th grandfather's are "Homem da Costa" . The next 3 generation became "Coelho Homem". I also have "Vieira Homem" The name is very common in Biscoites Helen Salvador Fremont, CA -O

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ships

2014-03-16 Thread pico
Lisa,Look for Pico passengers departing from Horta.Those from Terceira and S.Jorge, as well as Graciosa, depart from Angra.Neither is online yet.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico & Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Original Message Subject: [AZORES-Gen

[AZORES-Genealogy] Ships

2014-03-16 Thread lisahbskt
This brings up a question. I looked but did not locate the following information in relation to the ships leaving the Azores for the United States. What port would you depart from if you were immigrating from Terceira? Sao Jorge? Pico? That way I can figure out if I can find my people in th

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Documentation of CCA Images

2014-03-16 Thread pico
Denis,In regards the CCA, it has already changed one time since they created it.I have many invalid URLs from that time.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico & Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Original Message Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Documenta

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Documentation of CCA Images

2014-03-16 Thread Denis Meals
Isabella: This is GREAT!!! -- This is exactly what I had hoped my original post would generate, for I believe as we troll through the internet, we've all occasionally come upon the message 'this URL is no longer valid.' Not suggesting that this will occur with the images that CCA is so generous

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Documentation of CCA Images

2014-03-16 Thread Isabella Baltar
Denis, I learned how to do a citation on one of the courses from the National Institute of Genealogical Studies, they have several and very useful courses that I have been doing since 2011 in order to have a certification. Several are the ways of doing a citation, National Archives has it is ow