RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: my GGgrandfather

2019-03-19 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Actually now that I think about it this has taken me since I started so more like 6-7 yrs, but after so long you stop counting. Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Cheri Mello Sent: Monday, March 18, 2019 1:25 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: my GGgrandfather The CIT

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] My mother passed away

2018-04-23 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Cheri I'm so sorry for the loss of your mom. I will pray for her to have "Fair Winds and Following Seas" on her journey home... ⁣Sent from Blue ​ On Apr 22, 2018, 10:29 PM, at 10:29 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: >I generally keep my private stuff private. However, this may affect the >list for a week

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Has anyone upgraded old FTM 16 to newMcKiev

2017-07-26 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I’m trying the 2017 upgrade and it didn’t bring my media either when I synced it with ancestry, but I still 2014 on a separate hard drive so I can still use it. Mike Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: JR Sent: Wednesday, July 26, 2017 10:29 AM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealo

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] FTDNA SITE

2017-07-03 Thread Michael Gilfilian
It’s odd that for some reason it’s not working anymore, guess I’ll reset it Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Cheri Mello Sent: Monday, July 3, 2017 9:54 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FTDNA SITE It changed a couple of days ago. Your are to use your kit number and the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family tree maker upgrade

2017-04-26 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I recieved the email today, the test releases are going to start going out on Friday in certain areas at a time, I don't remember who goes in what order but it starts tomorrow. They also recommend compacting your tree in your current FTM under the tools tab then back ì it up before sync. A compa

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] St. John the Baptist & Mount Carmel churches in New Bedford, Massachusetts

2017-01-22 Thread Michael Gilfilian
⁣I emailed them, to ask about abaptism certificate for my great uncle, within a couple weeks I got a rrply back that it was on its way. Sent them a donation for their kindness and time. This was after the move to Mt. Carmel. Mike Piedade, Pico, Cedros, Fayal Sent from BlueMail ​ On 6:04pm, Jan

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Display issue on the Passaportes

2016-12-27 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I only get half of it as well and I tried chrome, Firefox, IE, Edge and Tor. On Dec 27, 2016 12:18 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > I was using the Ponta Delgada Passaportes last night. As I went through > image 120, 121, etc, I came to image 130. Only half the image loaded. I > tried the image after.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Mindset or How to get your brain to "read" the records

2016-11-26 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I like it!!! On Nov 26, 2016 4:44 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Some of you know that I'm a teacher and I come from the world of > education. This list is an educational tool to help you learn to research > various records that will lead you to your freguesia (village) and then how > to "read" thos

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] translation

2016-09-30 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Thank you both so much, it was the first thing I found by myself in almost 4 yrs. On Sep 30, 2016 7:46 AM, wrote: > Mike, > > Mike, > > I see the name and date as you said and Gayle confirmed. It further says > he died in a house at a place called Miradoura in the freguesia of NS da > Piedade a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Future Azores Conference planning for Salt Lake City

2015-04-18 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I haven't been able to attend yet, but here in the northeast that is usually the first week of school for those with kids or grandkids to watch like myself. Mike Mr. Gil On Apr 18, 2015 6:41 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Airfares fluctuate all over the place depending on when you book too. > Cheri

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Pinheiro born 1884 on Faial to Providence, Rhode Island 1912

2015-04-03 Thread Michael Gilfilian
My great grandfather was Joseph Pine, he was born Jose DA Rosa Pinheiro in 1893, Cedros, Faial. Worked as a servant for a family in Providence Rhode Island as a teen. Married in 1917, had 2 sons, my grandpa for one. They lived in South Dartmouth with gggrandpa, Joseph worked at the Gosnold textile

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brick wall comes crashing down thanks to CCA Horta passports

2015-01-07 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Is this familias of faialenese a book? On Jan 7, 2015 12:31 PM, "Rosemarie Capodicci" wrote: > > This is so great, Nancy! According to Igor Espinola Franca's book of Sao Roque do Pico, one of my lines came from Faial! Maybe that's where we connect not in Pico at all. The only trouble is, it's

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Italian Genealogical Searches

2014-03-18 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Joe it is pie-onl...@googlegroups.com, I get help with Italian research there which I'm far better at than azorean research On Mar 18, 2014 12:07 PM, "Joseph Costa" wrote: > Hi all. As I've said before, I'm 100% Portuguese (Azorean descent). > However, I have half-sisters who are half Italian.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] pictures

2014-03-07 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Manny and Nancy I don't know how I'll ever be able to think you for taking pictures for me on your trip as doug said the area where our families from is near the cemetery anti Dade there's for any specific role door place where my family lived I have no idea. And thank you for the suggestions about

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Problem with server

2014-03-05 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I know, but the da, de, dos used to be there in my Piedade, Pico family. for my family on Faial those are still the names. I thought I was losing my marbles but something has been changed... On Mar 5, 2014 10:15 AM, "nancy jean baptiste" wrote: > Hi Mike, > > Jose Leal da Rosa does not come up i

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] where to next

2013-11-05 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Hi list, I have a question regarding age at marriage, I know as fact thanks to my cousin Mr.Doug Holmes that my GGgrandma was born in 1868. When I first started this journey I had my GGgranda born in 1867, it seems that he is getting progressively younger than she is, so would it be the exception t

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] passenger list

2013-10-03 Thread Michael Gilfilian
On the old Neps site there is a family from Cedros that has his given name of Jose da Rosa Pinheiro, it list a sister Francisca who was here as well, and his parents names match his marriage cert. Except for his mother's middle name, but whoever recorded it down here might have not understood the m

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Genealogy Bank Lookup

2013-09-11 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Pam I just tried looking them up and can not find an odit for either one On Wed, Sep 11, 2013 at 2:02 AM, Pam Santos wrote: > Can anyone who has access to this site can they do a obit look up for a > Fred Santos who died on 29 Nov 1965 in Santa Clara Co, CA? Would greatly > appreciate it.or his

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Genealogy Chat

2013-05-10 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Not last night during the chat when I was there, but the lazy couple of weeks I've been having issues with Firefox freezing. I've had to ctrl, alt, delete to close it. So I've gone to a different browser for now...Mike On May 10, 2013 4:42 PM, "John Vasconcelos" wrote: > *HI George, > * > *Just a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] congratulations Lionel Rocha Holmes

2013-04-03 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Happy Birthday Lionel, still my newest 4th cousin. Congrats on 94 yrs and still going strong... On Apr 3, 2013 1:01 AM, wrote: > While it's still April 2nd, I thought I would tell all our cousins on this > list that today my father reached the age of 94 years. > > He is still an active list membe

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] burials

2013-03-08 Thread Michael Gilfilian
On Mar 8, 2013 4:43 PM, "Michael Gilfilian" wrote: > > When i spoke to the woman at the cemetery, she said that if someone such as a relative, close friend, neighbor, and they didn't have the money for a burial plot families would let them use a grave on theirs. So in our

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] burials

2013-03-08 Thread Michael Gilfilian
When i spoke to the woman at the cemetery, she said that if someone such as a relative, close friend, neighbor, and they didn't have the money for a burial plot families would let them use a grave on theirs. So in our family, Manuel j Leal who as Doug said was quite well off more than likely bought

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] burials

2013-03-08 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Doug, I agree with you, since he is related to your dad and your self and you and i are related, I'm figuring that Manuel J Leal is related to my great grandmother Maria Leal da Rosa, i just don't know where the link is yet...mike On Mar 8, 2013 7:53 AM, "Mike Gilfilian" wrote: > * > * > *Sent fr

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Maria Pacheco!!! How many they are?!?!?!

2013-03-07 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I have in the same 6 grave plot as my GGgrandparents in the St.John the Baptist cemetery in mass. A Joao J. Pacheco, he is listed as being 92 yrs old. He died in Nov 1918 and was buried on November 30, 1918. Now the interesting thing is. He's buried on top of Manuel J. Leal who is a close relative

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] ancestry

2012-12-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
You won't believe it, this morning it was all there, so i changed my password, we'll see On Dec 17, 2012 11:27 AM, wrote: > I have a subscription on Ancestry and I just checked. All my information > is there and there appears to be no issues. Sorry to hear about your > problem. I would contact

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] found him

2012-10-11 Thread Michael Gilfilian
His fathers name was also Antonio Silveira Pereira and his mothers name was Marianna(Mareanna)? Silveira da Silveira. Her first name has been spelled both ways...anyone recognize her? On Oct 3, 2012 3:44 PM, "Michael Gilfilian" wrote: > Antonio Silveira Pereira, a very popular nam

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Off Topic - Computer Question - How to restore deleted mail folder

2012-10-05 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I bought a 3Tb external hdd, and it automatically backsup my entire laptop hdd everynight. On Oct 5, 2012 12:54 PM, "Leonard Silva" wrote: > Too late perhaps, but I have become a very strong advocate of online > backup like Carbonite. It works completely in the background, nothing to > remember

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] found him

2012-10-03 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Antonio Silveira Pereira, a very popular name from what I find. Born about 1867 where on island I don't know. On Oct 2, 2012 10:01 PM, "Shirley Allegre" wrote: > ** > Who was your grgrandfather on Faial? > My husband has ancestors from Faial. > > Shirley in CA > > - Original Message - > *

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] found him

2012-09-27 Thread Michael Gilfilian
My great grandfathers name was Jose da Rosa Pinheiro José, legitimate son of José da Rosa Pinheiro, farmer, native of Cedros, and Luísa Emília da Silveira, native of Salão, both married in Cedros, where they live in Canada do Sousa, paternal grandson of unknown grandfather and Rosa Vicência and ma

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joaquim Francisco Avila

2012-09-24 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Shirley, my great grandfather was from Faial to the best of our knowledge, his portuguese name which I just learned was Jose da Rosa Pinheiro(Joseph Pine), his father shared the same name exactly his mom was Luisa Augustine da Silva. Does anyone have them in their tree somewhere? I'd like to find o

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] help

2012-09-18 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I just did, it doesn't show any more than what you already have in the image On Tue, Sep 18, 2012 at 5:17 AM, joe m wrote: > if someone has a subscription to ancestry.com could you look up the > following couple in attachment,thanx. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azore

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Writing the family history

2012-09-16 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I'm sorry but there was no sort of human or love inducing part to that monster Adolf Hitler and to include him in this discussion is just wrong... On Sep 12, 2012 12:55 PM, "Frederick Souza" wrote: > I am more of the same mind as Leonard Silva who suggests that as > researchers and chroniclers of

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Writing the family history

2012-09-11 Thread Michael Gilfilian
That is a great story about your daughter, but I don't see an upside to spoiling the vision that future generations of family may have about thier grandparents, On Sep 10, 2012 9:04 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Loved your story, John! > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] IMPORTANT! PLEASE READ! Security Reminder

2012-09-10 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I saw that email with just a link this morning don't know how it got through on my puter but I didn't open it, been getting a lot of phishing emails from every where, especially the ones that want to offer you money, nothing is free, Cheri is right b be careful... On Sep 10, 2012 12:41 PM, "Cheri M

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] great grandfather ... good news & bad news

2012-09-06 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Got to love that auto correct,... On Sep 6, 2012 6:32 PM, "Michael Gilfilian" wrote: > This could be the right family because my mom told me about Ann ain't > Francis they used to visit, and this family shows a sister Francis... > On Sep 6, 2012 3:35 PM, wrote: >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] great grandfather ... good news & bad news

2012-09-06 Thread Michael Gilfilian
This could be the right family because my mom told me about Ann ain't Francis they used to visit, and this family shows a sister Francis... On Sep 6, 2012 3:35 PM, wrote: > ** > Assuming that my hypothesis about the surnames of the marriage record, I > went looking for other PINE men and their or

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] great grandfather

2012-09-06 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Yes my grt grandmother was born sept, 5th, 1898. She was married three times before she died in 1983, i'm lucky enough to be the oldest grand child and got to see her, she almost made it to my wedding... On Sep 6, 2012 1:17 PM, wrote: > ** > Mike, > If you try to find the church marriage reco

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] great grandfather

2012-09-06 Thread Michael Gilfilian
It could have been because my great great grandfather became a citizen and it was probably naturally change the last name to Perry I'll have to check maybe it was Saint Marys that they're priest was associated with um but I know for sure wasn't Saint John the Baptist because I already checked there

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] great grandfather

2012-09-06 Thread Michael Gilfilian
In the 1920 census they lived with his wifes family in Dartmouth on Rockland street. Trying to find church might help, I know it wasn't Saint John the Baptist Church in New Bedford so I'll have to try and find which church the priest name was associated with in that area hopefully Fairhaven somethi

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] help offer

2012-08-31 Thread Michael Gilfilian
ao is researching Pico for me for her records - we think that William > was born in Fayal > > Thanks for your help. Carol > > - Original Message - > *From:* Michael Gilfilian > *To:* azores@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Friday, August 31, 2012 09:35 > *Subject:* Re: [A

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] help offer

2012-08-31 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Carol, what his wifes name and do you know if he stayed in the area? On Thu, Aug 30, 2012 at 7:00 PM, Carol Lobo wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I would like to take you up on your offer to assist in looking up info in > Mass. My GG grandfather William Jason Wood (AKA?) came to Fairhaven in > 1844, beca

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] would they?

2012-08-26 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Well I've searched thru Prolly between 3000-3500 name variations on ancestry, family search, and others, my next place will be on the cca site but I still can't make out to much on that website On Aug 25, 2012 9:41 PM, "Frank or JoElayne Johnson" wrote: > Where are you looking? > > > JoElayne

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] immigration

2012-08-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
And once again, let me say...the people in this group Rock!!! On Aug 17, 2012 5:49 PM, "Michael Gilfilian" wrote: > He was, by all accounts it was in 1901. Luckily I know enough to file one > and I do have proof of death by obit and headstone. Although some > conspiracy

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] immigration

2012-08-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
He was, by all accounts it was in 1901. Luckily I know enough to file one and I do have proof of death by obit and headstone. Although some conspiracy theorists would say people have faked that much info to die and hide...hopefully it will get me some much needed knowledge about him... On Aug 17,

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] immigration

2012-08-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Yes, I know he did and because they were married i'm assuming but only a little that she did too. Part of my problem is that most of the dates the family had on him are off a little, i'm thinking because he couldn't read our write his knowledge of the calendar isn't that great. I'm working on putti

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] North Dartmouth Family History Center - Portuguese Volunteer Time

2012-07-28 Thread Michael Gilfilian
All I know is that the people that belong to this group especially a select few have been more than hopeful to me and I'm hoping that someday I will have learned enough to be able to pay it forward as you all have done for me. Saying thank you doesn't seem to be enough because I have to hope someon

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] can you read this

2012-07-20 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Ok Gayle, Thankyou and I understand On Jul 20, 2012 5:41 PM, "Gayle Machado" wrote: > Mike, > > The parents of Francisco Leal were Manuel Leal Rosa and Maria dos Anjos. > You'll find their names after Francisco Leal fo. The abbreviation fo. means > filho or son. > > Anna Maria's parents were Manu

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] uploading to family finder

2012-07-18 Thread Michael Gilfilian
That's what I needed to know On Jul 18, 2012 9:13 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Family Tree DNA has you upload your whole tree. Go from yourself back 10 > or 12 generations if you have that much. As you discover more ancestors, > you can take it down and upload a new one. > > For those who uploade

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should I go now

2012-07-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
> > So the moral is you can do it, just keep saying that to yourself and you > will. If you need help just ask, I will have more time though after Aug 30, > when classes for me are done until I get into a nursing program next year. > > On Tue, Jul 17, 2012 at 4:41 PM, Michael Gilfilian

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should I go now

2012-07-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I don't know about that, back when I went to school studying a 2nd language wasn't required and I had a hard enough time with english. Heck I can barely understand my grandmother's Italian and I've had 50 years to learn it. Tomas Leal is over there now and has offered to help locate any records for

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should I go now

2012-07-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Cheri, can I say holy mother of brain overload. I think I'll work on my grt grt grandmas family then. Her siblings and her parents and even though I know their names I'll save her grand parents until I exhaust her immediate family... On Jul 17, 2012 5:26 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Mike, > > For t

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should I go now

2012-07-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
ation. > > Gayle > > > -----Original Message- > From: Michael Gilfilian > To: azores > Sent: Mon, Jul 16, 2012 8:13 pm > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should I go now > > I've been to neps and have a bunch of dates but I can't read the CCA >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should I go now

2012-07-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
thanks Gayle, I have all this... On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 11:00 PM, wrote: > Mike, > > Here's a hint: > > http://www.neps.ics.uminho.pt/geneweb/gwd.exe?b=piedade;lang=en;p=jose+leal;n=rosa;oc=1 > > The NEPS website will give you some dates that you can then look up on > the CCA website and see

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should I go now

2012-07-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
> > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Gayle Machado wrote: > >> Mike, >> >> Sorry. I meant that I was short on time and only found this one record I >> thought you might like. >> It's attached to the previous e-mail. >> >> Gayle >> >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should I go now

2012-07-16 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I've been to neps and have a bunch of dates but I can't read the CCA govt site at all, was just wondering who or what I should try to find or verify on my own out with help, look at it this way, i'm looking for some kind of road map of steps to take for climbing the family tree, like find and veri

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where should I go now

2012-07-16 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I have those names from the baptismal record of my GG grandmother, that's why i'm looking for some guidance on my next step... On Jul 16, 2012 10:27 PM, "Pam Santos" wrote: > Find his first marriage record, that will give you his parents names. > > On Mon, Jul 16, 2012 at 6:32 PM, Mike wrote: >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] definition

2012-07-14 Thread Michael Gilfilian
So far my family is limited to a neighbor hood in Piedade, Lajes do Pico, on Pico... On Jul 14, 2012 8:11 PM, "Bill Boyd" wrote: > Hmm, wonder if it is a Vasconcellos thing? My grandparents are first > cousins from Graciosa. Their mothers are sisters. We always said they had > to "pay off" the c

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] definition

2012-07-14 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Thanks Cheri for posting it yet again for me, from the marriage records it appears that my GGG grandfather kept it in the family both times he got married. The second time they were first cousins...boy ooh boy On Jul 14, 2012 1:07 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Hi Mike, > > I made a post about this a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] can you read this

2012-07-11 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I see it's one of the island's, that makes me thing it's not him because he was from Faial and that island has a port, if it said his reason for going there it might offer more of a clue if it was him or not... On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 7:16 AM, Michael Gilfilian wrote: >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] can you read this

2012-07-11 Thread Michael Gilfilian
where is S. Miguel? On Wed, Jul 11, 2012 at 6:51 AM, Eliseu Silva wrote: > Hi, > > ** ** > > It is S. Miguel for sure (St for Saint= São). > > ** ** > > eliseu > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation direct

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] ancestry question

2012-07-03 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Ok at the bottom of a hint for a residence for my Ggrandmother it shows that she lived in new Bedford,ma.then it says civil by itself at bottom of hint, could that mean its a govt record because its labeled civil? On Jul 3, 2012 4:08 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Mike, > > Can you clarify "it?" > >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] new to group, researching Simoes and Bento of MA/RI areas

2012-07-01 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Pam, Cheri is right, if you can download her guide, save print it out like I did, it really helped me start using a process, after I first joined the group I realized I didn't have a clue what I was doing. There are a number of places to look here in the USA first before using the govt pages, I hap

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] confirmation

2012-06-29 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I still almost can't believe it, I've been on ancestry for about two years and for the most part thought I had exhausted that until Cheri s suggestion then Elaine found one thing then another and I got lucky on the neps site. But if I hadn't sent the email about the DNA website and then talked to C

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] question about the Neps website

2012-06-26 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Sure wheel when I get back to my laptop and not my phone I will... On Jun 26, 2012 11:00 PM, "Gayle Machado" wrote: > Mike, > > Would you like to share your breakthrough info for those of us who have > connections to Pico ? > > Gayle > > > > On Jun 26, 2012, at 4:58 PM, Mike wrote: > > I've had

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] question about the Neps website

2012-06-26 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Sounds like I have a first family for Joao to verify for me besides seeing what Tomas Leal can verify for me, he lives five minutes from Piedsde, Lajes do Pico, pico... On Jun 26, 2012 9:23 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Mike and others, > > From what we can glean out of the written Portuguese, the N

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] question about the Neps website

2012-06-26 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Well the same thing is a big problem on ancestry with kids listed as born before parents. Today I got an email from a man named Tomas Leal who lives 5 minutes from Piedade, Lajes do Pico, Pico who saw that we were researching a name from his line, and he has offered to try and verify some of what I

Re: Fw: [AZORES-Genealogy] where can I look next?

2012-06-26 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Thanks Celeste!! On Jun 25, 2012 11:20 PM, "celeste perry" wrote: > Mike, >I received this from someone who lives in the Irvington district of > Fremont. It looks like Mission San Jose will be the place you need to look > for the information on your ancestor. Celeste, Hayward, CA > Celest

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where can I look next?

2012-06-25 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I did when I started this post and have gotten some great help, then it just stream tolled into a bunch of different areas. But we can end adding to this one, I have a bunch of things to go through...thanks everyone!!! On Jun 25, 2012 12:30 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > I think Mike is looking in Fa

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Vitalsearch records

2012-06-20 Thread Michael Gilfilian
E you are going above and beyond helping me, Thankyou so much!!! On Jun 20, 2012 5:50 PM, wrote: > I think this is the right site I'm looking for. Does anyone have access to > Vitalsearch and, if so, is there a marriage record between an Antone S. > Leal and Mary Trombus ca 1908-1910 in the area

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Mary (Trombus) Leal

2012-06-20 Thread Michael Gilfilian
This Antone Leal seems to be the only one in that area, a good chance its her brother On Jun 20, 2012 5:04 PM, "Elaine Sharp" wrote: > Mike, > > ** ** > > I sent you some stuff from Ancestry. Should not be a problem as you > belong to the group. Here is the death info for her parents. Jo

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] where can I look next?

2012-06-19 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I don't understand Word of what is written there, where did you locate these so I know where to look. The O'Neill's are my great grandmothers 2nd husband but she had no children with him or with her 3rd husband Clare McNaney. Knowing that Irvington is now Fremont will help. The Faial records aren't

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] family history center

2012-06-19 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Unfortunately there is only my mom who doesn't know much, her mom who's 90 and doesn't remember much about her own family let alone her husband the Portuguese side, and a cousin who knows what I know, I have the islands and both of my sets of ggg grandparents names. So I've pretty much exhausted wh

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: social security

2012-06-18 Thread Michael Gilfilian
My gg grandfather was self employed as a handy man and there isn't an death index on ancestry On Jun 18, 2012 11:36 AM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Mike, > > If Social Security paid benefits on your ancestor, they will appear in the > Social Security Death Index. It's available on Ancestry.com. > > I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Grave Photo

2012-06-15 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I just successfully used find a grave to get a picture of the family headstone at St. John the Baptist cemetery in New Bedford as all the names are on one stone, only took them a couple of days, great idea... On Jun 15, 2012 10:10 PM, "Gail Elizares" wrote: > If anyone in the near future goes to

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Immigrant Ships

2012-06-13 Thread Michael Gilfilian
It was adventure in my gg grandfathers case, but after 10 months at sea cleaning up whale slop from harvesting whales he decided farming want such a bad gig and went home when the ship returned to Horta. But he did find his way to the US for good at the age of 20. On Jun 13, 2012 1:02 PM, "Steve P

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Immigrant Ships

2012-06-12 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Maybe someone can answer this for me, my gg grandfather said at the time he went whaling from Faial the captain of the Charles W.Morgan was a captain Sylvia. This would have been around 1884. But I can't find anywhere something that lists a Sylvia as captaining of the Morgan. On Jun 12, 2012 2:38 P

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Immigrant Ships

2012-06-12 Thread Michael Gilfilian
My gg grandfather ran away from home at 16 but it wasn't to avoid the military, he hated being a farmer and to go to sea. So when the CW Morgan was in the Gotta port away he went. But several months later when the Morgan came back to Faial he went home. But he did finally come to the US for good, s

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family finder family tree DNA kit sale

2012-06-09 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Ordered mine this morning add well On Jun 9, 2012 11:29 AM, "Kathy" wrote: > I ordered mine yesterday for $183 with shipping I used a coupon code. The > coupon is only good through tomorrow (Sunday). I got mine from Doug Holmes > and I think it was his last one. So if Cheri has some you all nee

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Finder Sale only on Family Tree DNA

2012-06-08 Thread Michael Gilfilian
It will be 26 tomorrow On Jun 8, 2012 6:35 PM, wrote: > ** > Great news. > > In a message dated 6/8/2012 6:17:13 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, > gfsche...@gmail.com writes: > > I think we have 25 Family Finder kits on order now. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsu

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] how to verify

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Gilfilian
>From the looks of it since I don't know the town my gg grandfather came from I can't write to them yet. I was also looking through the books for information and the link for your book is broken. On Jun 5, 2012 6:15 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Mike, > > On the Azores GenWeb. Here's a link (it has

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] how to verify

2012-06-05 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Cherri where can I find the address to write to the archives? On Jun 5, 2012 5:55 PM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > Mike, > > You are going to have to wait until the 1890s Faial records come online to > verify them yourself, or write to the archives and request those records, > or hire a research to obt

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder Match ... importance of GEDCOM ... emphasis

2012-06-04 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Ok I did this and now I see how it works for transporting the info from one program to another, one more question. It gave me the option to choose a format, Ansel and one or 2 others, is one more preferred over the other? which is the best one to choose? Mike On Mon, Jun 4, 2012 at 1:51 AM, Cheri

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder Match ... importance of GEDCOM ... emphasis

2012-06-03 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I have legacy 7.5 and family lineage, what exactly is a Gedcom? On Jun 3, 2012 12:53 PM, "Pam Santos" wrote: > Well what genealogy program do you use? I maybe able to help. > > On Sat, Jun 2, 2012 at 6:52 PM, wrote: > >> You are correct. I'm the culprit here. I am a novice with computers & >>

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Home Is An Island

2012-05-26 Thread Michael Gilfilian
That sounds interesting, my gg grandpa ran away from the family farm at 16 yrs old to go whaling on the CW. Morgan that stopped for supplies in the port on Faial. he returned home 10 months later and came to the US because he heard so much about it from the crew. He lived his whole life in New Bedf

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] NEW TOPIC: Antonio M. Borba

2012-05-23 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Robyn where did you write to for the national archives and records? what type of info did it have on it for the naturalization record? Thankyou...mike On May 22, 2012 9:44 AM, "Robyn Orsini" wrote: > I finally received a copy of the Naturalization Record from the National > Archives and Records

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] St Johns Cemetery Book

2012-05-18 Thread Michael Gilfilian
One place to look is the new Bedford public library, they have a genealogy dept that is quite helpful, donations go far and are recommended and very appreciated. On May 18, 2012 9:26 PM, "Leonard Silva" wrote: > I am a newbie here and found this group by Googling St Johns cemetery. I > understa

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: death record

2012-05-18 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I only asked about the whaling because my grt grt grandpa ran away from home on Faial to go whaling on the cw Morgan, but the death is what I really want On May 18, 2012 11:56 AM, "Cheri Mello" wrote: > And this book has death records that will help Mike? > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: death record

2012-05-17 Thread Michael Gilfilian
The reason why I asked about whaling is that my grt grt grandfather ran away from the family farm on Faial at 16 yrs old in 1884 to go whaling on the Charles W Morgan. After 8 months the Morgan went back to Faial to resupply and he went home. But he heard so much about the USA from the crew in 1888

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] definition

2012-05-15 Thread Michael Gilfilian
First I called and spoke to a lovely woman named Marge Ferreira, if you are very sweet to her on the phone she'll tell you to write to her and she will kindly go look in the books and copy them for you but you need the exact name and birthdate of who you want. Any requests about the cemetery need t

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] definition

2012-05-15 Thread Michael Gilfilian
I didn't know if it meant godfather On May 15, 2012 10:26 AM, "Richard Francis Pimentel" < rfrancispimen...@comcast.net> wrote: > > Custodio is a first name not a job title or position. > > > > Rick > > > > Richard Francis Pimentel > > Spring, TX > > Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire > > > > Resea

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: great grandpa help

2012-05-09 Thread Michael Gilfilian
No she wasn't, the marriage to Joe pine was her first and William and Donald were the only two children she had On May 9, 2012 3:06 PM, "Pam Santos" wrote: > Well if you find out if that Mary Perry was living in Fall River prior to > that marriage, she might be in my file. I have a Antone Jacint

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] clarify record please

2012-05-09 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Cheri turns out I had the wrong record, there was a record for Rockland street which is the address for the house my grt grt grandpa built, i'm in touch with the new Bedford clerk, she is working up what the fee will be and is willing to go Look in the basement. I also just mailed my request to st

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Digest for azores@googlegroups.com - 15 Messages in 7 Topics

2012-05-08 Thread Michael Gilfilian
To "E" where did you find this info on the Jose Pinheiro's? I'm leaning towards the one living in S. Dartmouth with the throat affliction because that is where my 2nd grt grandpa built his home on Rockland street. Yes we are absolutely positive he died shortly after my grandpa was born in 1918, my

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Digest for azores@googlegroups.com - 15 Messages in 6 Topics

2012-05-06 Thread Michael Gilfilian
Back to St.John the Baptist church, your request must be submitted in writing is what the lady told me, but she did giver me my grt grandmas baptismal cert with additional info on the back of it. On s side I finally found the marriage details of my 2nd grt grandparents and it had the date the city

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: any ideas where to look next

2012-05-03 Thread MICHAEL GILFILIAN
I have their obits but they only mention who has survived them and where they went to church, nothing else that will give me any clues, I don't have the ships manifest I only know he came to new bedford on a square rigged ship thats it, I don't know how to identify it. Is there only one port on Fai

[AZORES-Genealogy] any ideas where to look next

2012-05-03 Thread MICHAEL GILFILIAN
I'm trying like heck to figure out which village on faial my grt grt grandfather Antonio Silveira Pereira came from. None of the information that I've gotten from the church in New Bedford where he got married in, his 2 kids were baptised in, in funeral was and the cemetery where he's buried have e

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: neps

2012-05-03 Thread MICHAEL GILFILIAN
> Gayle > > On May 1, 2012, at 8:52 PM, "Michael Gilfilian" > mailto:mgilfilia...@gmail.com>> wrote: > > I know how to get the English pages up just having problems finding who i'm > looking for... > > On May 1, 2012 7:31 PM, "G

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] neps

2012-05-01 Thread Michael Gilfilian
http://www.neps.ics.uminho.pt/geneweb/gwd.exe?b=cmadalena;lang=en > > From there everything should be much easier. > > Hope that helps, > > Gayle > > > From: Michael Gilfilian mgilfilia...@gmail.com>> > Reply-To: mailto:azores@googlegroups.com>> > Date

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] neps

2012-05-01 Thread Michael Gilfilian
sh. But, I could just as easily switch to > Swedish by clicking on the flag of Sweden if so desired. The records will > stay in my language of choice until I switch to another village. But as > soon as the flags show up I just switch back to my preferred language. > > Sorry, I couldn&

[AZORES-Genealogy] neps

2012-05-01 Thread MICHAEL GILFILIAN
When using the neps site and you see all those numbers on the left, are they pages of names and info our are they individual peoples? I'm still learning the site and trying to learn the language so I know what i'm looking at. -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@go

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