Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Freitas Mendonca Flores ancestors

2017-01-12 Thread WPederson
Hello David, After many years of no progress, I've only recently had a few breakthroughs and was able to determine which island my gg grandfather came from. I'm still very new to Azores research and I am having a little trouble reading scanned documents in Portuguese. Many of the names and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Freitas Mendonca Flores ancestors

2017-01-05 Thread Kawika322
Hi Wendy, from my maternal grandfather's paternal line I have a Joao Antonio de Freitas Mendonca from Lajes on Flores. He was born 1812 and died 1868. His parents were Manuel de Freitas Mendonca, born 1785 Fajazinha, Flores and died 1853. His wife was Maria de Sao Jose. Manuel's parents were

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Freitas Mendonca Flores ancestors

2017-01-03 Thread WPederson
Thanks, Linda. I'm working on getting the marriage book. On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 6:17:40 PM UTC-6, linda wrote: > > Hi Wendy, > > I'm new to FTDNA, but it looks like you and your grandmother match my mom > and me. Two of my mom's grandparents were born on Flores, and I have their >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Freitas Mendonca Flores ancestors

2017-01-03 Thread WPederson
Eric, Wow, thanks for the info. On Monday, January 2, 2017 at 9:38:43 PM UTC-6, luiznoia wrote: > > These are from the Flores/Corvo marriage book > > From Lajes: > > Caetano José de Mendonça [f.º de José de Mendonça e de Ana de Freitas] > c. 1818.08.24 c. > Inácia Rosa [f.ª de António de

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Freitas Mendonca Flores ancestors

2017-01-02 Thread luiznoia .
These are from the Flores/Corvo marriage book >From Lajes: Caetano José de Mendonça [f.º de José de Mendonça e de Ana de Freitas] c. 1818.08.24 c. Inácia Rosa [f.ª de António de Freitas Lucas e de Maria Lourenço]. This may be the paternal great grandparents in Faja Grande José de Mendonça

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Freitas Mendonca Flores ancestors

2017-01-02 Thread luiznoia .
Here's the parents marriage information from Fajazinza António José de Mendonça [f.º de Caetano José de Mendonça e de Inácia Rosa] c. 1850.08.31 c. Maria Inácia do Coração de Jesus [f.ª de António Coelho Ramos e de Maria Inácia]. I have Flores families and Atwater connections. Search this

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Freitas Mendonca Flores ancestors

2017-01-02 Thread linda
Hi Wendy, I'm new to FTDNA, but it looks like you and your grandmother match my mom and me. Two of my mom's grandparents were born on Flores, and I have their lines sketched out to about the mid 1700's/early 1800's. Our connection might be beyond the range of the existing records, but I'm