Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Santa Maria records

2014-01-25 Thread Maria Lima
Dano- sorry I didmt respond sooner- husband had to have surgery and it's hard for me to focus but I appreciated. Your interest. Im Researching Francisco Jose father of Antonio Jose de Lima born in 1803 in Relva. It says Francisco Jose is fm Santa Maria. Francisco was married to Mariamna

[AZORES-Genealogy] Samta Casa De Misericordia records in Sap Miguel

2014-01-25 Thread Maria Lima
Are they mixed in with Sao Jose records? The record I have says te person was sepultada in the Santa Casa Misericordia was a hospital? Maria Elena -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at

[AZORES-Genealogy] need alittle help please.

2014-01-25 Thread blackice430
Hello Friends Its been sometime since I have been on here. I've started my genealogy again since my dad passed away and I'm coming across a few certificates that I need some help with. I'm wondering if I could get some help.   I'm searching in Relva  Ponta Delgada. The source is 1673-1708 #

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Samta Casa De Misericordia records in Sap Miguel

2014-01-25 Thread Margaret Vicente
Yes, that was the hospital of Ponta Delgada but it also had a Chapel and those who died while in hospital were buried there. Margaret Vicente On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 1:16 PM, Maria Lima maria.lima...@gmail.com wrote: Are they mixed in with Sao Jose records? The record I have says te person

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] need alittle help please.

2014-01-25 Thread Margaret Vicente
Well done, you didn't exactly say what you needed help with but if translation there's just a minor correction..Maria de Melo natural of Nossa Senhora das Candeias, Ilha de Santa Maria, daughter of Manuel Fernandes Gonçalves and of his wife Angela Velha (feminine of Velho) Cheers, Margaret

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] need alittle help please.

2014-01-25 Thread Tish M
Nossa Senhora das Candeias is also known as Nossa Senhora da Purificação. It is in Santo Espírito. If you give me an approximate date for Maria de Melo's birth I might be able to help you. On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 12:30 PM, Margaret Vicente margaretvice...@gmail.com wrote: Well done, you

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: anyone with acess to ancestry?

2014-01-25 Thread JR
Excellent! And thank you for the update on Medeiros Jardim. JR On Saturday, January 25, 2014 12:21:13 AM UTC-5, Dano wrote: Actually, I just started to use the new releases. If you recall, I was hitting a wall on the parents of Manoel de Paiva Mello. Well, I just extended his family by

[AZORES-Genealogy] Help with note in Margin of Baptism - Flamengos, Faial

2014-01-25 Thread Lee
This is the baptism of Ignacia (bottom left page and top right page). http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/FAL-HT-FLAMENGOS-B-1804-1822/FAL-HT-FLAMENGOS-B-1804-1822_item1/P7.html I read that she was born (or baptized) on May 28, 1805 She was the daughter of Antonio Sylveira

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] need alittle help please.

2014-01-25 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Hi Pat, It is easiest for people to look by pasting the link with the message http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-RELVA-C-1673-1708/SMG-PD-RELVA-C-1673-1708_item1/P96.html bottom left record. You got lucky that one was the most readable on the page. This is what

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] need alittle help please.

2014-01-25 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
The last time I checked there is no NS Candeias on Santa Maria. The scribe clearly wrote she is from the Island of Santa Maria. or he mistakenly wrote the wrong name for the church. Perhaps you need to follow up and look at records of birth for any of their children and see what is written.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Mr. Johan Verelst FTDNA Match

2014-01-25 Thread JoElayne Johnson
Hi Marilyn, Wim is a nickname used in the Netherlands. JoElayne On Jan 22, 2014, at 2:24 PM, Marilyn Thompson mari...@jmtmlt.com wrote: Help! I do not know what Wim is even referring too in the email. I sent an email asking if this person would consider posting a GEDCOM to their tested

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with note in Margin of Baptism - Flamengos, Faial

2014-01-25 Thread Margaret Vicente
Hi Lee, It's not related to her death. It reads 1st certification 8-Nov-1875 Margaret Vicente On Sat, Jan 25, 2014 at 5:37 PM, Lee shorts...@suddenlink.net wrote: This is the baptism of Ignacia (bottom left page and top right page).

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with note in Margin of Baptism - Flamengos, Faial

2014-01-25 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
It looks just a notation that on that date a copy of the record was made. It makes no mention of the persons death. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Spring, TX From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lee Sent: Saturday, January 25, 2014 4:37 PM To:

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] need alittle help please.

2014-01-25 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
I think you have it right Tish I was going by my well-worn copy of Guill which does not say there is a NS Candeias on Santa Maria. I guess I learned something tonight. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Spring, TX From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] need alittle help please.

2014-01-25 Thread Hermano C. Pires
RIck I beleive that there is a Capela de Nossa Senhora das Candeias in Santa Maria. I can't remember if it is the Parish of N. S. da Puruficacao or N. S. da Purificacao From: rfrancispimen...@comcast.net To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] need alittle help please.

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with note in Margin of Baptism - Flamengos, Faial

2014-01-25 Thread Lee
Thanks, Margeret and Rick! I wasn't exactly sure what it was. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says

[AZORES-Genealogy] Trip to the Azores

2014-01-25 Thread Bill Boyd
Sorry for a bit off-topic post, but I am planning a trip to the Azores and could use some advice. We've spoken to a couple different travel agents and are getting inconsistent messages on the dates of festas on the islands.  Being from Graciosa, we want to spend a good amount of time there.  A

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Trip to the Azores

2014-01-25 Thread Cheri Mello
Bill B, You've got a typo. Try searching for Espirito Santo. Vowels must agree on the ends in Portuguese. Espirito Santo is the Holy Spirit festa which is on Pentecost Sunday. Yes, it's 7 weeks after Easter. So in 2014, it is on Sunday, June 8. I don't know how it works there, but I can

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Trip to the Azores

2014-01-25 Thread Margaret Vicente
Hi Bill, There is the festival ilha branca (white island festival) from August 10 to August 13 2014. From July 24 to August 6th there is the Parochial annual festas of Nossa Senhora da Luz and of Guadalupe. Here's a link, it's in portuguese but scroll down for the photos which will give you a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] need alittle help please.

2014-01-25 Thread helen kerner
Hermano,   You are correct.   The Church of Nossa Senhora da Purificacao is also called the Church of Candeias in the village of Santo Espirito.   helen cunha kerner researching Santa maria From: Hermano C. Pires lagoe...@hotmail.com To: azores@googlegroups.com

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Trip to the Azores

2014-01-25 Thread Frederick Souza
From my research, the major feast of the Espirito Santo are all on Pentecost throughout the Islands, and the one in Ponta Delgada is then, but the bigger feast of Santo Christo is two weeks before that. However, as someone noted, many of the smaller villages stagger their feasts so they don't

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Trip to the Azores

2014-01-25 Thread Frederick Souza
Adding to my answer, Sao Miguel is the larger island, and there is much to see there. Your travel agent can arrange for you to do package tours which include meals and transportation. On Sao Miguel, you must take a day to go to the Furnas and have the meal they cook in the hot springs