Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Santa Maria - São Pedro - Online

2014-04-09 Thread João Ventura
Indeed, please note that the right URL for the Óbitos book for 1707-1753 is: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMA-VP-SAOPEDRO-O-1707-1753/SMA-VP-SAOPEDRO-O-1707-1753_item1/index.html Somebody did a copy+paste error in their system, and their link doesn't work. João C.

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with reading a record

2014-04-09 Thread Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
Thanks Dano. I will try to have a priest telling me what could be the meaning of that margin note. Then I will let everybody know about :) Eliseu Pacheco da Silva Researching Açores (São Miguel and Graciosa) and Alentejo ( http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Santa Maria - São Pedro - Online

2014-04-09 Thread Ricardo Chaves
Somebody used low pressure on SHIFT key João! Shift+7 = / :-) On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 7:22 AM, João Ventura j...@venturas.org wrote: Indeed, please note that the right URL for the Óbitos book for 1707-1753 is:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with reading a record

2014-04-09 Thread Margaret Vicente
Dano, you're welcome! On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 12:11 AM, Dano dpai...@gmail.com wrote: Hi Margaret, that is an excellent explanation. As for my earlier remarks, this was the first time that I encountered the mention of exorcism in what should have a baptism, and I was taken aback. We don't

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with reading a record

2014-04-09 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Margaret, You are correct everyone that is baptized in the Catholic church is exorcised as part of the Sacrament of Baptism. In a baptism conducted at home (under danger of death) it is done by a lay person (grandmother, midwife etc. and as such they cannot perform the exorcism part of the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread S. Faria Lepre
Hi Cheri, Thanks for the reply. Sorry, I just assumed that since my subject heading said California, people would know that's where I was talking about. Port Costa is a census-designated place in Contra Costa County, CA. Manuel was living there in 1900 apparently. After that, most of my records

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread Cheri Mello
Sam F, When dealing with census records, people only drill down to the county level. The rest is meaningless for the audience. Besides, some of those census tract names change! You're going to have to do as many things as you can in the link that I provided to my how to. You need your island

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread Cheri Mello
Sam F, You have Emma's death info? Name: Emma Faria DOB: 12 July 1880 Place: California DOD: 30 Sep 1957 Place: Santa Clara Father's surname: Enos Mother's maiden: Vargas You really need to order Emma's death from Santa Clara County or the State of California. I think the fee is about $15 now.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread Manuel Martins
Sammie, Do you know from which island your great-grandfater was? That will help NAME: ManoelFaria BIRTH: abt 1877 - Azores;St Michael DEPARTURE: Mlichaels ARRIVAL:2 Nov 1907 - New York, New York RESIDENCE: Azores, Autonomous Regions of Portugal NAME: ManoelPFaria

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Santa Maria - São Pedro - Online

2014-04-09 Thread João Ventura
Ricardo, That's the easy explanation.. But that would point to the fact that these lists are created by human operators. My website links to about 400K books. Do you believe I typed those in? How hard is it to create those URLs automatically, and not rely on Shift+7? Regards, João Ventura

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Santa Cruz, Graciosa online

2014-04-09 Thread João Ventura
Guadalupe is back on the 'air'. João Ventura http://tombo.pt/en On Friday, 4 April 2014 05:23:37 UTC+2, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: What happened is that only the link was established, but when you clicked on that link there was just an error. It was for Guadalupe, not Santa Cruz as I

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with reading a record

2014-04-09 Thread Karen Hillman
Thanks to all of you for the information on baptism. Very interesting discussion. It will go in my reference file. Karen Silva Hillman Researching the islands of Pico, São Jorge Terceira Silva, Machado, Sousa, Gomes, Luis From: azores@googlegroups.com

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread luiznoia .
This may be Emma's sister DUTRA MARY L 1874 11 15 VARGUS ENOS FEMALE CA CONTRA COSTA 1957 10 1082 1754470 On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 10:03 AM, luiznoia . noblankt...@gmail.com wrote: Sammie, The draft notice here, with wife's name, shows he is Manuel P Feria born Jan 1877

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread Manuel Martins
Here's a 1920 census, It does show as Manuel P Faria, 2734 Pine 26th St Contra Costa, CA Manual P Faria [Minne R Faria] [Manuel P Farris] Age:42 Birth Year:abt 1878 Birthplace:Portugal Home in 1920:Richmond, Contra Costa, California Race:White Gender:Male Immigration

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Santa Cruz, Graciosa online

2014-04-09 Thread pico
And not just links that don't work!I think by tomorrow, all the baptisms for Guadalupe will be available.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Original Message Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Santa Cruz, Graciosa online

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread Pam Santos
he also could of come to California via Hawaii On Wed, Apr 9, 2014 at 10:35 AM, Manuel Martins kambb...@gmail.com wrote: Here's a 1920 census, It does show as Manuel P Faria, 2734 Pine 26th St Contra Costa, CA Manual P Faria [Minne R Faria] [Manuel P Farris] Age:42 Birth Year:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread Pam Santos
Manuel Pera Faria

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Júlia da Encarnaçao (1862)

2014-04-09 Thread aportugee
Joseph, Please, which island are your Francisco Furtados from? My 4th great grandfather Francisco Furtado married to Maria Jacintha is from Pedro Miguel, Faial or I should say, their son, Francisco Furtado was born there. I show a birth date for him of 12 March 1786 (I do not have proof of

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread Dano
Apparently, you haven't tried to research the Elllis Island records - you can get some really interesting spellings on Portuguese names there also. That's why its called re-search - you never get it right the first time... On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 11:50:56 AM UTC-4, S. Faria Lepre wrote:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Santa Cruz, Graciosa online

2014-04-09 Thread Dano
YAY!!! On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 12:36:57 PM UTC-4, João Ventura wrote: Guadalupe is back on the 'air'. João Ventura http://tombo.pt/en On Friday, 4 April 2014 05:23:37 UTC+2, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: What happened is that only the link was established, but when you clicked on

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: exorcism at baptism

2014-04-09 Thread Dano
Perhaps, you're dealing with an area that's a hotbed of Satanic activity :) But, seriously, this was my first event, and, I just didn't know what to make of it - but, I did recall my catholic school days when the priest would come into class, and give us a dose of that old time religion - that

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread Elle Dwyer
H Everyone, I have been following your group for the last few weeks and can't believe my first time writing is in a reply rather than a question. Although I do not recognize the family you are talking about, some of the names mentioned are very familiar to me. My grandfather, Antonio Ignacio

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread Manuel Martins
Here are a few links from Faial that fall within Manuel's birth date of 1976/7, the marriage certificate would help to clarify the parents name. http://www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt/geneweb/gwd.exe?b=Almoxarife;lang=pt;i=6315;oc=265

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread S. Faria Lepre
I can explain some of that. Lawrence's wife Ruth deserted the family sometime after my mother and her twin (Doris and Deloris) were born in 1933, and 1940 when they were all living with Emma, Lawrence's mother. Lawrence enlisted in the military in 1942, so the girls stayed with their

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread S. Faria Lepre
Yes, if this is the right Emma, I do have that information. I'm thinking I should write off for her death info, and for Lawrence's birth certificate, because it will list who his father was: Manuel or John. On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 11:08:08 AM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: Sam F, You have

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread S. Faria Lepre
Manuel, No, I have no idea which island in the Azores he was from. I wish I did. To my knowledge, there's no one alive that would know. I've been digging for that information, but not having any luck. I have seen those two references you provided. The first one has his birth year correct, but

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread S. Faria Lepre
Eric, Yes, I have that draft notice in my records. I was thinking maybe Manuel and John were the same person, but do you think that after that length of time and at his age, he would have changed his name to John? I'm still wondering why Emma is listed as head of household in the 1940 census

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread S. Faria Lepre
Manuel, Yes, that is a record I have and the address I have also. I've been able to document them living at that address from sometime around 1922 through at most 1947, although a couple times the address changed to 2534 Pine Ave. Richmond, Contra Costa CA. Another interesting piece of info I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread S. Faria Lepre
Nice! Are you getting records from Ancestry or Familyfinder or some other source? On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 12:34:35 PM UTC-5, luiznoia wrote: This may be Emma's sister DUTRA MARY L 1874 11 15 VARGUS ENOS FEMALE CA CONTRA COSTA 1957 10 1082 1754470 On Wed, Apr

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] FARIA from Contra Costa, CA

2014-04-09 Thread S. Faria Lepre
Not sure on this one Pam, I have his birth date as being either January or February 1876-1878. Thanks for looking though! On Wednesday, April 9, 2014 2:11:34 PM UTC-5, Pam Santos wrote: Manuel Pera Faria

[AZORES-Genealogy] mtDNA Results

2014-04-09 Thread Cheri Mello
Repost for Lisa Bright, bright1235 at Gmail.com Hi! I saw your results through google! I compared them to mine and we only have one different. What does that mean? I just got my results today , so it's still very confusing!!! -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: mtDNA Results

2014-04-09 Thread Cheri Mello
Lisa S, You directed your email to a group list of 1200+ people, so no one knows what you mean by I saw your results. If you want to talk to someone about their DNA results, you have access to that person's email in your DNA Matches page. It sends a message directly to them. Let's deal with