[AZORES-Genealogy] Evangelho surname

2020-01-18 Thread Margarida DaSilva
I think my great grandfather is related here Manuel DaCosta GG -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To view

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Portugues song recordings

2020-01-18 Thread linda
[image: LoC FB Capture.JPG] Photo shows a broken link for me, so let's try it again :D On Saturday, January 18, 2020 at 3:34:33 PM UTC-8, linda wrote: > > Hi Janet, > > I'm absolutely delighted that you found your Aunt in the link I posted! > > The link originally showed up in my FaceBook

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Portugues song recordings

2020-01-18 Thread linda
Hi Janet, I'm absolutely delighted that you found your Aunt in the link I posted! The link originally showed up in my FaceBook Feed, so I thought I'd share it to this google group. In the back of my mind I wondered if anyone here might be related to the musicians, but I never seriously

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Tracing Francisco José Cordeiro

2020-01-18 Thread linda
Hi Bill, Just some thoughts: Have you tried drawing out timelines for your Francisco Jose Cordeiro and for the NZ Francisco Jose? Sometimes that helps clarify things. What documents exist for the New Zealand Francisco Jose? I'm struck by how much Francisco Jose and Maria Isabel seemed to

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Ossuary

2020-01-18 Thread Pamela Hand
Yes seems crazy but people did things for whatever reason and his tombstone states that he was born at sea, western Azores. He came to Australia as an adult and arrival documents state birthplace is Faial. Baptisms happened as soon as possible so could be either nearest church to the port in Horta

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Souza/Sousa Genealogy Help

2020-01-18 Thread linda
Hi Steve, I'll help you learn to read the passport records. The data and vocabulary are limited; all it just takes is a little practice. *** Reading the Passport Lists: Headings at the top of the page are Passport Number;Date (Month, Day); Name of Bearer; Destination The

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Ossuary

2020-01-18 Thread Cheri Mello
Why would a woman that pregnant get on the boat if he was born off the coast of Faial? If she went into labor and they were off the coast, why didn't they turn back and drop the expectant parents off on Faial? The could have caught the next boat. Giving birth and getting seasick at the same

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Ossuary

2020-01-18 Thread Pamela Hand
Hi Anthony Some of the Silver family researchers here in Australia believe that your Joseph Da Silva was born at sea around 1838 to 1841 off the coast of Faial, one of the western islands of the Azores. It is also suggested that records for births at sea are kept in Lisbon. Maybe Cheri or one of