[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Possible breakthrough from Marriage Index - Joze Silveira Luis e Antónia de São José

Here is the record for Antónia, being the daughter of Manuel Jose da Cunha and Maria de Sao Jose ... translation done about a year ago from João Ventura: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR-CH-TOPO-B-1815-1828/SJR-CH-TOPO-B-1815-1828_item1/P34.html *Em os sete dias do

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: *****Sao Jorge Marriage Index online

This is AMAZING!! WOW - what a resource!! Thank you to everyone who worked on this. I believe it might have just opened up a huge "pai incognito" gap in my direct paternal line!! You guys are amazing. Thank you for what must have been countless hundreds/thousands of hours on this. - Eric On

[AZORES-Genealogy] Possible breakthrough from Marriage Index - Joze Silveira Luis e Antónia de São José

I'd resigned myself to having a dead end in my direct paternal line, *BUT* ... did the new marriage index just help open this up? I looked up *Antónia de São José*, who was the mother of my great-great grandfather, *Manuel Jose da Cunha* (13 FEB 1843). Here is Manuel's *birth record*

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

I wanted to add that in Norte Grande records I have also come across the last name Almeida. I do not know if it's an alternate spelling of Almada. Just throwing that out there. I guess I should check the new marriage index and see it its in there. Mary On Tue, Aug 15, 2017 at 4:15 PM CW

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

Almeida and Almada are two separate surnames, Mary. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 4:15 PM, Mary Bordi wrote: > I wanted to add that in Norte

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Parents of Antonio Caetano de Azevedo

Eric, It's just crazy, sometimes the names on the marriage are one thing and then on the baptisms they add or subtract! That's why you should always try all combinations. I have Vitorino de Azevedo Bettencourt & Maria da Conceicao that I was looking for in Sao Jorge. Tried, Vitorino de Azevedo,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

I'm very interested in finding more DNA matches from my Almada line - but I don't know what gedmatch is. Is that the FTDNA site Cheri was referring to above? If so, I am going to try to get my DNA from Ancestry.com uploaded into the Azores DNA project this weekend. I'm hoping to find some

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Parents of Antonio Caetano de Azevedo

Mom is just Maria de Jesus, no surname. Inacia Rosa doesn't have a surname on this one but she may pick it up in later docs. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 1:02 PM,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with baptism

I’ll do my best… Livendia (?), legitimate daughter of Francisco dos Reis and his wife Rosa Joaquina do Carmo de Jesus…*can’t make out the rest of the sentence but it looks like they are parishioners of the church of the Holy Cross* Born on the 4th day of the month of July, 1832, baptized…*unclear

[AZORES-Genealogy] Castelo Branco, Fail - Help with marriage of Jose Francisco Pereira and Maria da Gloria

Shortcut to document: https://goo.gl/h98yoA Date: 1-12-1905 I have the parents of Jose as Jose Francisco Pereira and Ana Emilia dos Santos. The mother of Gloria is Maria Izabel, Looks like she is from Madalena, Pico. Looks like there is a lot more info that I can't make out. Antonio

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Castelo Branco, Fail - Help with marriage of Jose Francisco Pereira and Maria da Gloria

Sorry Bob, I read your email addy and typed Luis!! Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 1:31 PM, rml...@gmail.com wrote: > Shortcut to document: > >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Castelo Branco, Fail - Help with marriage of Jose Francisco Pereira and Maria da Gloria

Luis, The bride was baptised in Sao Salvador, Horta (Faial), Mom is single and from Santa Maria Magdalena, Pico. Father has acknowledged Gloria and I believe his name is Antonio Francisco Leal. I believe it says they are both living in 'desta freguezia) Castelo Blanco. If there is more, someone

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with baptism

Thank you Sent from Mail for Windows 10 From: Joanne Mercier Sent: Thursday, August 17, 2017 3:31 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with baptism I’ll do my best… Livendia (?), legitimate daughter of Francisco dos Reis and his wife Rosa Joaquina do Carmo de

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Parents of Antonio Caetano de Azevedo

Thank you! I realized that after posting and tried to delete post, but was too late. :) The marriage index shows me Inacia Rosa da Silveira and Antonio Machado Viera here:

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: ***** Ribeira Seca Baptism Index on Azores GenWeb

I love both indexes. Was able to find great grandparents marriage even though last name different. From birth index, under godmother's name it says "both children of". Not clear what that means. My best guess was that both godparents are children of man listed in column to right of

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] ***** Ribeira Seca Baptism Index on Azores GenWeb

Awesome On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 7:47 AM Rosemarie Capodicci wrote: > Oh my word! This is marvelous. Thank you Suzanne for your hard work. After > working on the Marriage records I fully understand how difficult it is to > do and all I did was proof and look at baptisms to

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Parents of Antonio Caetano de Azevedo

Maria de Jesus On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 1:02 PM Eric Souza wrote: > In the top right of this one, for the parents of Antonio Caetano de > Azevedo, I see the pai incognito, but can anyone make out a last name for > his mother? Maria ... ?? > > >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

Hi Chase, Maybe you missed my response because this thread is kinda wandering off from its original topic. GedMatch is a third party tool. It is NOT a DNA testing company. It accepts results from the major DNA testing companies though. They have some pretty advanced tools there. Get your stuff

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

I checked Carlos Almeida's "Portuguese Immigrants," page 263. On that page he lists anglicized California Portuguese family names. He lists Alameda and Almeda for Almeida. He's not referring to a specific freguesia. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

Mary, Cheri just asked me to clarify what I was saying about Almeida and Almada. These are two different Surnames in Norte Grande, Sao Jorge, Azores. In the USA Almeida may have been corrupted to Almada so I just wanted to make that clear. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Legacy Family Tree (genealogy software for your computer) on sale through Sunday

Rosemarie, Ditto. On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 9:19 AM, Rosemarie Capodicci wrote: > Donna, > Cheri is right about using a program that you are comfortable using. I > went directly from PAF to Legacy Family Tree and I love it. I don't even > use half of the bells and whistles

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

Thanks guys. I'm pretty sure it was Almada and not Almeida, but if I find some more DNA matches with Almada, I'd be even more confident about it. So I'll transfer my DNA results this weekend and start exploring on FTDNA. On Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 8:25:19 PM UTC-4, rcapodc wrote: > > Yep!

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] mtDNA testing

Cheri, Thank you very much. BTW, every time I see a Maria Trindade, I look for a Manuel Furtado--it's stuck in my brain! On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 5:53 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: > Hi Sandra, > > With mtDNA, you want to look at your Full Sequence matches. And that is > what you

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] *****Sao Jorge Marriage Index online

I finally had a chance last night to compare some of the marriages that I researched years ago in Velas, with the new databases that were worked on by some dedicated people. I found a couple of corrections that I reported to some names (I have the advantage of having searched for the children

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

Good to know that Almeida and Almada are not the same (even if things changed in the US. We know how THAT goes!). Mary On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 5:03 PM Rosemarie Capodicci wrote: > Mary, > Cheri just asked me to clarify what I was saying about Almeida and Almada. > These are

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

Yep! The were butchered in the US! Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Thu, Aug 17, 2017 at 5:15 PM, Mary Bordi wrote: > Good to know that Almeida and Almada are not the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: ***** Ribeira Seca Baptism Index on Azores GenWeb

Thank you Suzanne for your hard work and sharing such a valuable source! On Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 6:51:24 AM UTC-7, Kathy Cardoza wrote: > > Another recent addition to the Azores GenWeb is the Baptisms for Ribeira > Seca, Sao Jorge, 1623-1716. These were contributed by Suzanne Edvalson

[AZORES-Genealogy] ***** Ribeira Seca Baptism Index on Azores GenWeb

Another recent addition to the Azores GenWeb is the Baptisms for Ribeira Seca, Sao Jorge, 1623-1716. These were contributed by Suzanne Edvalson and are a work in progress. Thank you, Suzanne, for sharing your efforts with everyone else! Kathy Cardoza Coordinator, Azores GenWeb

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: *****Sao Jorge Marriage Index online

Wow, Eric, that is just great that you may have figured out the Pai Incognito!! Keep at it. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Eric Souza

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] ***** Ribeira Seca Baptism Index on Azores GenWeb

Oh my word! This is marvelous. Thank you Suzanne for your hard work. After working on the Marriage records I fully understand how difficult it is to do and all I did was proof and look at baptisms to verify. Such a resource. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: *****Sao Jorge Marriage Index online

That’s great, Eric! I’m so glad that you found the index to be so helpful and that it helped you discover more about your family! Kathy ~~~ Visit the Azores GenWeb Project: http://www.rootsweb.com/~azrwgw/index.html

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

Chase, You said: <> That's not entirely true. You need to join the Azores DNA Project so I can look at your matches and see what's going on (join

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with a Marriage

Rosa Joaquina daughter of Antonio de ? Sousa maybe and Marianna Rosa? my guess On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 8:46 AM, bobcamscpw via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Hi everyone I am looking with some help on the Marriage Francisco dos Reis > and Rosa, I am not sure of the name

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

Found your tree - thank you! Unfortunately, you don't pop up in my DNA matches. But that could mean that our connection, if one exists, could be much further back in time. Chase On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 9:29:04 PM UTC-4, Mary Bordi wrote: > > Chase, my ancestry user name is

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

Hi Jeremy, After a couple whaling voyages, he ultimately settled in upstate New York. Unfortunately, I have never found an actual birthday in U.S. records - just an estimation for the birth year. The federal and state census records are fairly consistent in giving his year of birth around

[AZORES-Genealogy] Obrigada Cheri with help

Thank you so much, Cheri, for your help getting transferred into FTdna with my DNA from Ancestry.  Couldn't have done it without you.Iris Cabral Bilodeau -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Grandmother's Nursery Rhyme

Thanks! Will do. On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 8:13:26 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Kathie, > > Start a new thread about your immigrant ancestor (as this one is titled > Grandma's Nursery Rhyme) and post what you know and attach the ship list > and the naturalization. Don't do it to this

[AZORES-Genealogy] Legacy Family Tree (genealogy software for your computer) on sale through Sunday

Legacy Family Tree, a genealogy software for your computer is on sale for 50% off through Sunday: https://goo.gl/KhwzaZ You can try it for free (less about 100 bells and whistles) here: http://www.legacyfamilytree.com/ (Pick Standard edition) Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] ***** Ribeira Seca Baptism Index on Azores GenWeb

Oops! Forgot add the URL: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/maps-churches-and-villages/sao-jorge/ribeira-seca-baptisms-1623/ Kathy Cardoza Coordinator, Azores GenWeb

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: *****Sao Jorge Marriage Index online

I can't imagine how much time went into this. So impressed. You are all Genealogy Hall of Famers. On Thursday, August 17, 2017 at 7:55:03 AM UTC-7, Kathy Cardoza wrote: > > That’s great, Eric! I’m so glad that you found the index to be so helpful > and that it helped you discover more about

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Legacy Family Tree (genealogy software for your computer) on sale through Sunday

I've been using Family Tree Maker for years. I'm still on FTM 2012 on my old computer. Hearing bad reviews about FTM 2016 so I haven't downloaded that to my new computer yet. Thinking it may be time to change programs.Can anyone provide reviews for Legacy? How does it compare to FTM in

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

Hi Rosemarie, is this you on GEDmatch. I just compared to minenot very well versed on what it is telling me. Is it saying the match is back 6 generations? On Wednesday, August 16, 2017 at 5:21:23 PM UTC-7, rcapodc wrote: > Chase, I have this couple in my database but not connected to

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: *****Sao Jorge Marriage Index online

I'm so glad you find it to be a valuable resource! Good luck in your research, Jeremy -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: *****Sao Jorge Marriage Index online

Grats on breaking down that wall. It's one of the hardest things to do with our Azorean ancestry. Suzanne Researching: Sao Jorge: Ribeira Seca, Calheta, Topo On Wed, Aug 16, 2017 at 11:39 PM, Eric Souza wrote: > This is AMAZING!! WOW - what a resource!! Thank you

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA testing

Cheri: I really like your instructions for getting to FTDNA. How do I transfer the raw data from Ancestry to FTDNA? Will I be transferring my whole tree or just the results that I got when I received my DNA analysis (which wasn’t much data)? /am I correct that its $59 to transfer the data?

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Legacy Family Tree (genealogy software for your computer) on sale through Sunday

Donna W, It's really user preference. Just because many didn't like the FTM 2016 format doesn't mean you won't like it. You may very well find that it suits your needs. Those who love Legacy are going to tell you why it's great. And a few people will tell you why they think FTM is great. Or

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Legacy Family Tree (genealogy software for your computer) on sale through Sunday

Donna, Cheri is right about using a program that you are comfortable using. I went directly from PAF to Legacy Family Tree and I love it. I don't even use half of the bells and whistles either. You can use as little or as much as you like with the B's & W's. It is easy to enter data and is a

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

I have many Almada's in my tree has distant cousins. Both of my parents are from Norte Grande. My dad was born in Ribeira d'Areia which is a hamlet that belongs to the parish of Norte Grande. I think all of the Almada's I have found were from Ribeira d'Areia but a lot of the time they are

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Almada family; Sao Jorge; DNA testing

GedMatch is a third party tool. It has some easier tools and some pretty advanced tools. It's not a requirement to upload there. Only those that chose to upload there do so. It was originally started by a couple of volunteer admins from FTDNA. They wanted to have a way to compare across

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA testing

Gordon, I think you are talking about 2 separate things. 1) Downloading your raw data refers to you downloading your DNA File. 2) Dowloading your tree from Ancestry.com means you are creating a Gedcom. You need your data of course and you'll also want your tree, as your matches will be looking

[AZORES-Genealogy] Parents of Antonio Caetano de Azevedo

In the top right of this one, for the parents of Antonio Caetano de Azevedo, I see the pai incognito, but can anyone make out a last name for his mother? Maria ... ??