Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Putting Azores plus the island in your surname field on ftdna

2019-01-17 Thread Marilyn Thompson
Thanks that was the anticipated answer On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 7:11 PM Cheri Mello wrote: > No, you have to type in Azores and Acores. A "z" is a different letter > than a "c" in their computer programming world. Cheri > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help reading baptism of twin girls in Altares

2019-01-17 Thread Cheri Mello
The first baby - her godmother is the sister of the godfather. No relations to either infant is stated. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 5:05 PM wrote: > I need help

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Putting Azores plus the island in your surname field on ftdna

2019-01-17 Thread Cheri Mello
No, you have to type in Azores and Acores. A "z" is a different letter than a "c" in their computer programming world. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Thu, Jan 17, 2019 at 5:55 PM

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Putting Azores plus the island in your surname field on ftdna

2019-01-17 Thread Marilyn Thompson
I signed into my FTDNA account and added Azores and Sao Jorge to see who I might find. It was interesting that I only had a total of 5 matches show up. With that being said does the program recognize a difference between Azores and Acores? I know I have many more matches that extend to the

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ancestor info- Antonio Brier

2019-01-17 Thread doreencaetano
My family uses Jesuina for Josephine. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Cheri Mello Sent: Thursday, January 17, 2019 12:01 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ancestor info- Antonio Brier Corrine M, Brier is not a Portuguese surname. It must be corrupted from something

[AZORES-Genealogy] Help reading baptism of twin girls in Altares

2019-01-17 Thread doreencaetano
I need help reading this record. I think I have most all of it except the godparents. I’m interesting in understanding what it says about the twins’ godparents. I believe they are relatives of the parents. It is the record on the top left.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ancestor info- Antonio Brier

2019-01-17 Thread Cheri Mello
Corrine M, Brier is not a Portuguese surname. It must be corrupted from something else. Maybe someone has some ideas. Josephine could be Josefa there. So keep that name in mind too. Common Portuguese names for males are Manuel, Antonio, Jose, Francisco, Joao. We all have Antonio's in our trees.

[AZORES-Genealogy] Ancestor info- Antonio Brier

2019-01-17 Thread Corinne Merritt
We are trying to find info on my Great Grandmother, Josephine Brier. I found a marriage cert to my G Grandfather, John F Barnes and it states that her father was Antonio. I have also seen a naturalization record for him from Fayal, Azores Islands, Portugal. He was born in 1872 and