Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Still Looking for.Joseph Silva, Born 1830, I believe Flores. Went to boston, then came to Australia in 1855.

2014-04-01 Thread Ricardo Chaves
What are his parents names? I'll give a try. On Tue, Apr 1, 2014 at 12:10 AM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: Lyn S/B, If your ancestor stated on his own marriage certificate that his parents were unknown, then he was one of those babies that was given up at the church roda. If you

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Still Looking for.Joseph Silva, Born 1830, I believe Flores. Went to boston, then came to Australia in 1855.

2014-04-01 Thread Ricardo Chaves
Lyn, what is Jose's last name, I realized you don't know his parents names and that's what your looking for. Is it SILVA or SILVEIRA? Silvaria could be a name but I believe is a misspell. A very common name in Central Group and Western Group is SILVEIRA, and of course Silva. On Tue, Apr 1, 2014

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Still Looking for.Joseph Silva, Born 1830, I believe Flores. Went to boston, then came to Australia in 1855.

2014-04-01 Thread luiznoia .
Lyn, I've worked on many Azores to Australia and New Zealand families. I agree with Cheri on this. Joseph doesn't know who his parents were, so there is no family to pursue in Flores. Santa Cruz and Lajes are the two concelhos of Flores, meaning he could be born anywhere on the island. Going

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Still Looking for.Joseph Silva, Born 1830, I believe Flores. Went to boston, then came to Australia in 1855.

2014-04-01 Thread Ricardo Chaves
Lyn, I found these records in Flores. I don't know if you can read them but there is one very very close of what you wrote. The only question is if read somewhere he was actually Filho de pais não sabidos then none of these will serve you, but if that's not the case and you simply don't know his

[AZORES-Genealogy] Still Looking for.Joseph Silva, Born 1830, I believe Flores. Went to boston, then came to Australia in 1855.

2014-03-31 Thread crazy6girl
Azores Genealogy *** Hello. I hope someone can help me. I have been trying to get above this part of my Silva, Ancestry. for 8 years, now. But each time I get to my Great Great Grandfather, Joseph Silva, I hit a brick wall. I have been told his Parents names, but, each

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Still Looking for.Joseph Silva, Born 1830, I believe Flores. Went to boston, then came to Australia in 1855.

2014-03-31 Thread Cheri Mello
Lyn S/B, If your ancestor stated on his own marriage certificate that his parents were unknown, then he was one of those babies that was given up at the church roda. If you think he was born in Santa Cruz or Lajes on Flores, you can look in those 2 freguesias for a baby Jose born to pais