[AZORES-Genealogy] Manoel TEIXEIRA parent of: confirmation on name of parents

2016-10-20 Thread Maria Lima
LOWER RIGHT- does it say: Thome, son of Manoel Teixeira and Josefa Goncalves. ... (?). I was actually looking for their son, Manoel, and found Thome instead (I think). 

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2016-10-20 Thread 'Philippe GARNIER' via Azores Genealogy
Hi Carmen, "why is his last name soares when his father's is da costa". His parents are Antonio da Costa and Umbelina Francisca. The parents of Umbelina Francisca are Francisco Soares e Maria de Matos. O "Soares" is from his maternal grandfather.The composed surname of the portugues people is,

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2016-10-20 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
Carmen, you need to go to Kathy Cardoza's website: AzoresGenWeb (just google it) and read the articles about names, how to to Portuguese Research, etc. The Portuguese are not like the Spaniards with their naming, they could take whatever they wanted; sometimes the godparent, sometimes the

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2016-10-20 Thread Cheri Mello
Carmen, Go to the Azores GenWeb and click on the words "Maps, Churches, and Villages." Pick your island. Look at your freguesia. Start searching adjacent freguesias. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/ Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente,

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2016-10-20 Thread 'carmen furtado' via Azores Genealogy
thank you jeremy i was able to find siblings for jacinto soares maria http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1775-1786/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1775-1786_item1/P277.html thereza