[AZORES-Genealogy] Which DNA test to purchase

2013-11-14 Thread Cheri Mello
Repost for Amy Crooks, amy.crooks at gmail.com Hi Rick, I have had a little break from researching my history but have decided to give it another shot over the Christmas period. I just wondered if you could help me. What test would be the best to purchase to check my fathers genealogy? We can

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: different names same person

2013-11-14 Thread João Ventura
Hi Doug, I didn't make myself clear.. The GEDCOM standard (and most genealogy programs) allow you to add an aliaas. You're the one combining them all into one with 'ou/or' which your genealogy program will not understand. In the case you mentioned (Ana Maria ou Ana Bernarda ou Ana de SIMAS ou

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: different names same person

2013-11-14 Thread pico
Hi Joao,I am just wondering if you enter in alternate names and then do a name search, will those alternate names be included in that search?My program has no alternate names option like you describe. There is something for maiden names/married names.I am hoping that the method I am using will

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Which DNA test to purchase

2013-11-14 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Hi Amy, Hi Amy, I am assuming that you have search all the records available in New Zealand and have not been able to locate the town or village where your ancestors came from. The greatest problem I see is trying to locate where in Portugal (including the Acores and Maderia) your GG

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: different names same person

2013-11-14 Thread pico
Hi Joao,Interesting. Is that how your program looks? I see it's how your webpage looks.My program is Brother's Keeper. I've stuck with it since the beginning of my research in 1990.When you generate a report like a family group, will those name variants appear like that, if you set it up for that?

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree DNA Sale

2013-11-14 Thread Kathy Lee Dickey
Which test is better for a female with relatives from Madeira and Lisbon Portugal? Thanks, Kathy Lee On Sun, Nov 10, 2013 at 5:44 PM, Richard Francis Pimentel rfrancispimen...@comcast.net wrote: *Hello List,* *Cheri is traveling and asked me to post this. I am sure she will add to it

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Questions on name Feliciana vs Felilianna

2013-11-14 Thread Maria Lima
Ugh! Sorry I hit send before I included another document with Felilianna's name. Here's their daughter's birth certificate and I thought it said Felilianna here.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Questions on marriage Antonio de Lima and Felianna

2013-11-14 Thread Cheri Mello
Maria Lima, It's a c. Look at the record on the left, for Miguel Franciso. He writes his c the same way. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Questions on name Feliciana vs Felilianna

2013-11-14 Thread Cheri Mello
Maria Lima, It's a c. It's just the way he writes it. What I did when I was learning (and I do now too, if I get a different priest/scribe) is to look for a KNOWN word. The c in the middle is in question. So I look for a word that I know with a c in the middle. Like Francisco. Not a c at

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: different names same person

2013-11-14 Thread pico
Wow, Joao. You win the prize with that example.I would have to be very careful to consider her as the same person as Francisca when she used Maria. I wonder if it's a question of the priest making an error. I have seen many times when as a grandmother, the priest listed the wrong first name in the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Simmons = What in Portugese?

2013-11-14 Thread New Bedford Simmons or Faial / Pico Simoes
Is Simmons an authentic Portugese name? If not what would be the translation of this Americanized last name? Suggestions appreciated. Mike -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree DNA Sale

2013-11-14 Thread pico
Cheri,Did you happen to discuss at the conference the fact that the Family Finder test shows WAY older than just 200 years?Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Original Message Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passports

2013-11-14 Thread Cheri Mello
One day old. That would be a baby traveling with the parents. I've seen kids in the passaportes. 8 years old? Some with family members, some not. I assume that they were traveling with someone from the same freguesia. I don't know of any rule about the passaportes and age. Maybe someone

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Simmons = What in Portugese?

2013-11-14 Thread Jason Fraga
Simoes? Sent from my iPhone On Nov 14, 2013, at 2:46 PM, New Bedford Simmons or Faial / Pico Simoes michaelju...@gmail.com wrote: Is Simmons an authentic Portugese name? If not what would be the translation of this Americanized last name? Suggestions appreciated. Mike -- For

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Simmons = What in Portugese?

2013-11-14 Thread ttcostadc
Sounds like Simoes. -Trevor -Original Message- From: New Bedford Simmons or Faial / Pico Simoes michaelju...@gmail.com To: azores azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Thu, Nov 14, 2013 5:09 pm Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Simmons = What in Portugese? Is Simmons an authentic Portugese name?

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Tree DNA Sale

2013-11-14 Thread Cheri Mello
I have a lot of notes to type up from the conference. I've been doing 1 lecture a day and will try to type up more depending on my time schedule. Also, there will be a lot NOT posted. Some technical stuff, some anthropology stuff, and some really in depth stuff. It just doesn't apply to this

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Simmons = What in Portugese?

2013-11-14 Thread pico
Mike,Usually the original name is Simoes (Simões).It might be others, like maybe Simas, but Simões has the closest phonetic sound to Simmons.But I see your "From" says that already "New Bedford Simmons or Faial / Pico Simoes".If your Simões is from Pico, I would be interested in the details. I

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Questions on marriage Antonio de Lima and Felianna

2013-11-14 Thread Antonio Raposo
I think this writing is:João Velho Dias ? Quarta-feira, 13 de Novembro de 2013 19:58:34 UTC-5, Maria escreveu: Dear listers. My apologies! i inadvertently sent the wrong link when I asked for help. On the marriage certificate of Antonio de Lima and Felilianna 1. Can anyone read

[AZORES-Genealogy] Geneologist For Hire?

2013-11-14 Thread New Bedford Simmons or Faial / Pico Simoes
I am looking for a Geneologist to hire that can deliver some research / a report for a Christmas present. Does anyone know of someone that I can hire that has expertise in New Bedford, Ma, Pico and Faial immigrants. Just no time to invest in this important work. Mike 617.538.3931 -- For

[AZORES-Genealogy] Note in margin could be death date or clue to what happened

2013-11-14 Thread Maria Lima
( I forgot link in previous email) On the left hand side is the marriage of Antonio de Lima and Francisca Roza February 1765. Does the note in the margin give any indication of franciscas death. (I knew he remarried. )There are a couple of words before the date. I guess if that is the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Note in margin could be death date or clue to what happened

2013-11-14 Thread Maria Lima
On the left hand side is the marriage of Antonio de Lima and Francisca Roza February 1765. Does the note in the margin give any indication of franciscas death. (I knew he remarried. )There are a couple of words before the date. I guess if that is the death date, then they were only married

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Questions on marriage Antonio de Lima and Felianna

2013-11-14 Thread Antonio Raposo
*I think it is João Velho Dias.* Quarta-feira, 13 de Novembro de 2013 19:58:34 UTC-5, Maria escreveu: Dear listers. My apologies! i inadvertently sent the wrong link when I asked for help. On the marriage certificate of Antonio de Lima and Felilianna 1. Can anyone read the burial

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Geneologist For Hire?

2013-11-14 Thread Cheri Mello
Mike S, Let me be perfectly honest with you. It's not going to happen by Christmas. You probably would have had to start in January to make it happen. Even on Who Do You Think You Are? it takes up to 2 years for some of the celebrities to get the research in to create the episode. You most

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Geneologist For Hire?

2013-11-14 Thread Pam Santos
I have used George Pacheco and Joao Ventura so I would recommend them On Thu, Nov 14, 2013 at 6:53 PM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: Mike S, Let me be perfectly honest with you. It's not going to happen by Christmas. You probably would have had to start in January to make it

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Geneologist For Hire?

2013-11-14 Thread Cheri Mello
Pam meant that she used them for the Azores end. I don't believe either George nor Joao do American research in tracing an emigrant ancestor. And another thing, Mike SMany researcher have a wait list. So if you find one to search in New Bedford for you, you may wait a month or 2 for them to

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Note in margin could be death date or clue to what happened

2013-11-14 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
The date is not a death date. Most likely for some reason their marriage was not fully accepted until after Easter when they had completed their Easter Duty would be my guess. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Spring, TX Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire -Original Message- From:

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Questions on marriage Antonio de Lima and Felianna

2013-11-14 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Antonio, I think you are correct. Taking another look the first letter is not an “M” when compaired to other “M”s written by this writer. In checking with my notes on writing it has the form of a “V”. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Spring, TX Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: different names same person

2013-11-14 Thread pico
That's very helpful, Cheri.Maybe it won't be as bad as I imagined.I bet you don't know every program all list members are using. And if you never used BK, don't be so sure you wouldn't like it.But I will do some testing and see if I can export/import a gedcom with minimal alteration from the

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Francisco da Silveira Villalobos descendant of King William I of England ?

2013-11-14 Thread pico
Hi Freddy,Maybe you got some private replies, but I know many people would love to have your luck in having some ancestors so well documented as to go back over a thousand years.You already got some help with the Minho website. Just verify each record as you go, because it's full of bad