Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ajuda de Bretanha marriage 1729 Mathias Carvalho and Margarida da Coucellos

2014-05-03 Thread Margaret Vicente
Any time, Erica On Fri, May 2, 2014 at 10:48 PM, Erica Botelho audiosource...@qwestoffice.net wrote: Thank you Margaret, I appreciate the help and education! Erica *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Margaret Vicente *Sent:* Friday, May 02,

Re: FW: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ajuda de Bretanha marriage 1729 Mathias Carvalho and Margarida da Coucellos

2014-05-03 Thread Dano
Erica, The marriage was on the 28-Feb-1729; between* Mathias de Carvalho*, son of *Manoel de Carvalho*, and his wife *Maria de Benavides*, residents of Mosteiros, members of NS da Conceicao, and, *Margarida de Vasconcellos*, daughter of *Manoel Soares Cabral*, and his wife *Anna Raposa*,

Re: FW: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ajuda de Bretanha marriage 1729 Mathias Carvalho and Margarida da Coucellos

2014-05-03 Thread Dano
Let me add this reply to your question. This is a Marriage Record. It is a legal document, that is, it deals with the legal names of the participants, and the event that they are participating in; you ask if Margarida could have been known as Gertrude. She could have been known by any name she

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: The new Population Finder (renamed myOrigins) is coming soon!

2014-05-03 Thread Patricia Straube
Hi Cheri, It was great meeting you and so many others at the Azores Genealogy Conference. We have just received Barry's Mom's Family Finder results and matches. There is one 2nd to 4th cousin match, eight 3rd to 5th cousin matches and 6 more pages of more distant cousin matches. We are still

RE: FW: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ajuda de Bretanha marriage 1729 Mathias Carvalho and Margarida da Coucellos

2014-05-03 Thread Erica Botelho
Are baptismal records considered legal documents also? I am asking because I have seen where people had dropped or added names over the years. What I mean is, the name that was used on their marriage record might not be the exact same name that is on the baptism of their last child. Thank

[AZORES-Genealogy] NEED HELP LOCATING A DOCUMENT

2014-05-03 Thread 'carmen furtado' via Azores Genealogy
hi everyone   i can't seem to find this one   http://home.comcast.net/~carmen_furtado/minis-tree/v_md1847d1.jpg    i checked all the manuels in 1867 here   http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-O-1860-1869/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-O-1860-1869_item1/index.html   am i looking in

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Candelaria, Pico connections?

2014-05-03 Thread nancy jean baptiste
Hi Emil, Antonio was the ancestor that Manuel martins descends from..my ancestor was the elder brother Manuel. I notice that you are a Family Finder match to both myself and my Uncle John Baptiste but not in common with Manuel Martins so I guess it's not on this part of my Candelaria

Re: FW: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ajuda de Bretanha marriage 1729 Mathias Carvalho and Margarida da Coucellos

2014-05-03 Thread 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy
Actually, things were not that formal in the Azores at that time. There was the baptismal name, ehich one would think would be one's legal name, but by the time these women married, many had names that were very different from the baptismal name. And, if they had 6 children there might be 6

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] NEED HELP LOCATING A DOCUMENT

2014-05-03 Thread Margaret Vicente
That's the wrong link you need to look through the obits in SaoJose - Hospital http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-O-1867-1870/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-O-1867-1870_item1/index.html On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 10:21 AM, 'carmen furtado' via Azores Genealogy

RE: FW: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ajuda de Bretanha marriage 1729 Mathias Carvalho and Margarida da Coucellos

2014-05-03 Thread Erica Botelho
Thank you John. I wanted so badly for this to be the right couple, I was trying to force it. May I ask how you found the parents Gertrudes? From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] Sent: Saturday, May 03, 2014 8:48 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: FW:

[AZORES-Genealogy] Quaresma in Pico and Bretanha, Sao Miguel

2014-05-03 Thread pico
Hi John,I have Quaresma from Pico in the 1600s.How far back does Quaresma go in Bretanha?Why does your email now say via Azores Genealogy instead of your email address?Is it something you did on purpose?I wonder if it's just one of those religious names that anyone can assume, like Nascimento.Doug

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Santa Maria marriage: Name of groom, Bride and her parents

2014-05-03 Thread Maria Lima
Hi Manoel Thanks for answering all my questions. I'm happy to send you the link for MARIA DA COSTA's obit. Funny how I kept pressing save the page on my Ipad and I kept getting her husband's page with HIS obituary. I thought there was something g WRONG with the Ipad until about the fourth

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Quaresma in Pico and Bretanha, Sao Miguel

2014-05-03 Thread 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy
Hi Doug, I do not know what the story is with the e-mail. Maybe if I am answering instead of originating an e-mail, it uses this format. The earliest Quaresma I have is Pedro, married in Bretanha on 1 May 1609. No parents are mentioned and I have no descendants. I have a Manuel Ferreira

[AZORES-Genealogy] importance of witnesses

2014-05-03 Thread pico
I am reminded just how important it is to identify the marriage witnesses.Today I noticed my great-grandfather's signature from a marriage in 1888 and wondered why he might have been chosen to witness it. It turns out that his wife is a relative - a second cousin.The marriage took place in

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Simas DNA

2014-05-03 Thread mnk
Sabina Simas is one of my 10th great-grandmother's on my mother's paternal side. Maria Natalia On Friday, May 2, 2014 1:52:38 PM UTC-5, Herb wrote: Hi Doug I went back into my files and have many Simas ancestors on both my mother and fathers side going back to the 1500's, from opposite

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Simas DNA

2014-05-03 Thread pico
Ola prima Maria Natalia,Then that explains how we show a DNA match, right? :-)No, that would be too remote, I think, unless you have several links and lots of Simas DNA.I have a double-dose from my great-grandparents who were 1st cousins. So I suppose that is possible, but from what Family Finder

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: NEED HELP LOCATING A DOCUMENT

2014-05-03 Thread Antonio Roque
You should be looking at the obituaries in Ponta Garça not in S. José, PD On Saturday, May 3, 2014 10:21:29 AM UTC-4, carmen furtado wrote: hi everyone i can't seem to find this one http://home.comcast.net/~carmen_furtado/minis-tree/v_md1847d1.jpg i checked all the manuels in 1867

Re: FW: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ajuda de Bretanha marriage 1729 Mathias Carvalho and Margarida da Coucellos

2014-05-03 Thread Dano
Baptismal records *are* legal documents in that they establish a date of birth by a duly appointed authority and are signed by witnesses, whereupon they are certified in the same manner as a birth certificate; as for their order of standing, they are second only to a notarized birth

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: NEED HELP LOCATING A DOCUMENT

2014-05-03 Thread Dano
You've got the wrong link. The link you need is the one that covers the period 1867-1870 (lists the deaths of individuals that were in the Hospital da Santa Casa da Miserecordia in Sao Jose, Ponta Delgada. The record is #64 at the bottom of the page. The correct link is below:

[AZORES-Genealogy] Alameda County researchers

2014-05-03 Thread luiznoia .
Do you have families that settled in *Pleasanton, Livermore, San Ramon, Sunol* area ? I'm working on a project for the local museum on the Portuguese setllement here. Azorean Portuguese was a large percentage of the population here before 1900. The first wave around 1870 was mostly from

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Candelaria, Pico connections?

2014-05-03 Thread Emil
http://www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt/geneweb/gwd.exe?b=cmadalena;lang=pt;p=manuel;n=neves The web-site above is of our shared 6th great-grandparents. Their son Joao Neves born 14 apr 1727 is my 5th great grandfather. His sister Joana Sao Jose born 16 apr 1738 is your 5th great grandmother. We are

RE: FW: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ajuda de Bretanha marriage 1729 Mathias Carvalho and Margarida da Coucellos

2014-05-03 Thread Erica Botelho
I have never thought of our baptismal certificates as legal documents before. I love the education that I get from the people on this list! I will be tuning in for your next tutorial J From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Dano Sent: Saturday, May 03,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Santa Maria marriage: Name of groom, Bride and her parents

2014-05-03 Thread Manoel Cesar
Hi Maria, You are welcome. The word after sixty is outo (oito - current spelling). The one who made a will on 1633 was his grandfather Sebastião Jácome de Resendes. They had the same name. I think that the notarial records are in the Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional de Ponta Delgada.

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Santa Maria marriage: Name of groom, Bride and her parents

2014-05-03 Thread mances
Hi Maria, You are welcome. The word after sixty is outo (oito - current spelling). The one who made a will on 1633 was his grandfather Sebastião Jácome de Resendes. They had the same name. I think that the notarial records are in the Biblioteca Pública e Arquivo Regional de Ponta Delgada.

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: importance of witnesses

2014-05-03 Thread Kalani N
Back in March when I finally found a marriage certificate of my grandfather (online) I noticed that he was a witness to another person who married a day after him. The other witness was my grandmother's sister-in-law. My grandmother didn't marry my grandfather till after this marriage, so I

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: importance of witnesses

2014-05-03 Thread pico
That's unusual for a woman to be a witness.Sometimes these things are just discovered by accident.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Original Message Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: importance of witnesses From:

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Simas DNA

2014-05-03 Thread mnk
Primo Doug, I descend from Sabina's daughter Maria de Pimentel Resendes, married to Pedro da Costa Gregorio in Nordeste. Domingos de Simas is one of my 11th great-grandfathers. Maria Natalia -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Simas DNA

2014-05-03 Thread Margaret Vicente
Hi Doug, I descend from both of Domingos and Maria Alvares daughters (Sabina and Leonor de Simas) for both my Paternal/Maternal lines. On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 11:33 PM, mnk kamis...@comcast.net wrote: Primo Doug, I descend from Sabina's daughter Maria de Pimentel Resendes, married to Pedro

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Simas DNA

2014-05-03 Thread mances
I also descend from Sabina de Simas and Francisco Pimentel de Resendes through their son Sebastião de Pimentel m. to Maria de Oliveira on 16 jul 1615 in Nordeste. Manoel Cesar Furtado Em domingo, 4 de maio de 2014 00h53min42s UTC-3, Mara escreveu: Hi Doug, I descend from both of Domingos

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Simas DNA

2014-05-03 Thread Pam Santos
My kids also decend from Sabina's daughter Maria de Pimentel Resendes, married to Pedro da Costa Gregorio in Nordeste On Sat, May 3, 2014 at 9:47 PM, mances man...@gmail.com wrote: I also descend from Sabina de Simas and Francisco Pimentel de Resendes through their son Sebastião de Pimentel

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Simas DNA

2014-05-03 Thread pico
So the question then is anyone NOT a Simas descendant? :-)Thanks for all the messages, primos.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Original Message Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Simas DNA From: Pam Santos