Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: first degree of consanguinity

2014-04-06 Thread Kalani N
Hawaiian marriages among siblings had to do with the rank. And like any culture or any HUMAN BEING, Egos run amock. The half-sibling marriage seemed to have been more common, and that was because the females were the ones who were able to pass on their high rank and it took precedence over

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

2014-05-02 Thread Kalani N
Just be sure to report all those bugs. Others have been mentioning other problems, like if person A has 3 admix and the person B has just 2, the third non-matching admix from person A will automatically/secretly be included into the larger of the 2 remaining matching admix. On Thursday,

[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

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Southern California Genealogy Society's Jamboree, Thursday, June 5, through Sunday

2014-06-04 Thread Kalani N
Attending Thurs. DNA segment, the entire day, then volunteering Friday Saturday. Kalani On Monday, June 2, 2014 9:51:28 AM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: The Southern California Genealogy Society is having their annual Jamboree from Thursday, June 5th through Sunday, June 8th at the Burbank

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Tree DNA mini Father's Day sale (though 11:59 pm CDT June 17)

2014-06-11 Thread Kalani N
Cheri, I remember Alice mentioning updating the tree, and I think you are right, it had to do with FTDNA's tree not being current compared to what ISOGG has. K On Monday, June 9, 2014 6:40:17 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: I don't think so. Or not yet anyways. Kalani, didn't Alice say that

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: DNA information (New Admin; Conference Sale; AncestryDNA)

2014-06-12 Thread Kalani N
On Sunday, June 8, 2014 8:12:37 PM UTC-7, IslandRoutes wrote: Congratulations to Kalani! I know him from the Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy Group on Facebook. On Friday, June 6, 2014 9:32:47 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: 1) The Azores DNA project on Family Tree DNA (FTDNA) has a new

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: DNA information (New Admin; Conference Sale; AncestryDNA)

2014-06-12 Thread Kalani N
Thanks Melody! :) I'm coming late into this. I have a lot of catching up to do in this forum. K On Sunday, June 8, 2014 8:12:37 PM UTC-7, IslandRoutes wrote: Congratulations to Kalani! I know him from the Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy Group on Facebook. On Friday, June 6, 2014 9:32:47

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: A question about Pai Incognito

2014-07-13 Thread Kalani N
I spent many years researching the Philippines and the records (in Spanish) had the same exact term. And in my own family I saw my 2x great-grandmother having lots of children without her husband around, and then I found a marriage record at a later date, then saw all of their children's

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation help: Santa Maria Surnames: Soares de Figuereido, Reis

2014-07-28 Thread Kalani N
I think you're right about #1 where the grandparents' names are in the opposite. And I can never read the side margines. Ever. I can see some names, dates, but that's about it. And the word faleceu, died. Also, it's of the feminine sex, you had a typo - fermium. That was great translation

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Portuguese Genealogy Workshop: Saturday, September 13, Rhode Island

2014-08-02 Thread Kalani N
I love how all these Genealogical or DNA events are centered around the middle of the month, right before our tax deadline, on the 15th. The one in DC, the one in TX and now this in Sept. K On Saturday, August 2, 2014 9:51:44 AM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: On Saturday, September 13th, from

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Filtering Family Finder matches within the Azores project

2014-08-02 Thread Kalani N
Thanks! I've seen that page, just didn't realize that there was a way to do it with the Projects. But I'm glad that there is, which what I was hoping for not realizing it was there all along. On Saturday, August 2, 2014 9:27:53 AM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: Who was asking me how they can

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: mtDNA a Sampling of Crypto-Jewish descendents in North East Portugal district of Braganca

2014-08-03 Thread Kalani N
Thanks for sharing this! I downloaded the actual article if anyone wants to download it for themselves. https://www.dropbox.com/s/cf7i6lass45wt80/Echoes-Sephard-Gene-Pool-Cryto-Jewish-Descendants.pdf On Saturday, August 2, 2014 4:20:15 PM UTC-7, A Faria wrote: Hi Everyone, I found this

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Finder Matches to the British Isles and Ireland

2014-08-08 Thread Kalani N
I'm aware of the Flemish and other groups that peopled the Azores, but this has always been my issue nearly a year now, where I believe some of this may be IBS (identity by state), although some people try to argue me against this. This would mean basically people have similar genes/allelles

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Finder Matches to the British Isles and Ireland

2014-08-08 Thread Kalani N
and Ireland From: Kalani N mamo...@gmail.com javascript: Date: Fri, August 08, 2014 12:16 pm To: azo...@googlegroups.com javascript: I'm aware of the Flemish and other groups that peopled the Azores, but this has always been my issue nearly a year now, where I believe some of this may be IBS

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Abreviation list

2014-08-14 Thread Kalani N
On Monday, August 11, 2014 9:53:53 AM UTC-7, Dano wrote: Neither of these lists works for me, Cheri. Eliseu's list differs from the abbreviations I've come across in my research. I'm not sure from what source Mr. Ramos is getting his information, but, there are several inconsistencies in

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Porciúncula

2014-08-14 Thread Kalani N
Only time I've seen Porciuncula was in the name of the LA River. ;) Kalani On Wednesday, August 13, 2014 10:17:35 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: Yes, that's the name, Eliseu. It's pretty rare. I have only 15 people in my database with that name. They range from the 1600s to the

Re: _[AZORES-Genealogy]_Re:_Porciúncula

2014-08-16 Thread Kalani N
, 2014 at 5:29 PM, Kalani N mamo...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Only time I've seen Porciuncula was in the name of the LA River. ;) Kalani -- 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

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Porciúncula

2014-08-16 Thread Kalani N
On Friday, August 15, 2014 12:43:23 PM UTC-7, E. Sharp wrote: I looked up this name on Ancestry and there are many, many listed especially in Brazil so it is not so uncommon as it seems. E Did you mean back in the 1800s? Or today? I know that in Brazil, names with -on is very, very

[AZORES-Genealogy] DNA topic - for users of GedMatch.com

2014-10-19 Thread Kalani N
Some people have been talking about an email they got from GedMatch.com. I did not receive that email but when I logged in, saw a few things differently in reference to the email that some people got. Basically they are allowing a new feature, or new features which are triangulation and a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA topic - for users of GedMatch.com

2014-10-19 Thread Kalani N
Some who got the email about it posted what it said about the month. TIER 1 ANNOUNCEMENT TO FORMER GEDMATCH DONORS. I am writing to thank you once again for the support you have given to GEDmatch. I am also writing to announce that GEDmatch has recently instituted a program called Tier 1 that

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation Help Please

2013-02-26 Thread Kalani N
As is, errors all: O presbytero Guilherme Vieira Botelho vigario da freguezia de Nossa Senhora d'Ajuda do logar da Bretanha ilha de Sao Miguel, da diocese d'Angra V. Certifico que no livro os assentos de baptismo d'esta parochial relativo ao annos de 1895 a fo. 6, no. se encon tra o termo do

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: genealogy workshops in Hayward, CA

2013-02-26 Thread Kalani N
Too bad the timing's off. I would've attend. Maybe in the future, assuming it's not during the busy tax season. K On Thursday, January 24, 2013 3:51:12 PM UTC-8, João Ventura wrote: Dear Listers, I am returning to California this year, in March and I have organized 4 differents

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation Help Please

2013-02-27 Thread Kalani N
You're welcome Fred! On Tuesday, February 26, 2013 9:10:44 PM UTC-8, fred_star wrote: Kalani, this is wonderful...thank you for your time to write both the Portuguese and it's translation all out! Fred Sent from my iPad On Feb 26, 2013, at 9:13 PM, Kalani N mamo...@gmail.com javascript

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation help

2013-02-27 Thread Kalani N
You mentioned Seraphim but said record #72. Seraphim is record #73 and that's the one that I did. Aos vinte e oito dias do mez do Julho do anno de mil oito centos seteinta e três, n'esta Egreja Parochial de Nossa Senhora do Rozario, concelho da villa de Lagoa, Diocese d'Angra, baptizei solem

[AZORES-Genealogy] LIONEL AVILLA (d'Ávila) Family - Graciosa/S. Miguel to N. Kohala

2013-02-28 Thread Kalani N
Looking for any descendants of Lionel AVILLA (1879 - ?), who was almost 3 yrs. old when he arrived in Honolulu June 1882 aboard the Vapor from S. Miguel. His parents were Augusto José d'Ávila (1838 - 1903) and Helene d'Encarnação (1849 - ?). Augusto José's parents were José Correia de Mello

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] LIONEL AVILLA (d'Ávila) Family - Graciosa/S. Miguel to N. Kohala

2013-02-28 Thread Kalani N
Hi Dan! Thank you for that. I was able to gather all that info. from census records too, and I'm looking for current descendants. I called last week but I was asking something specific about registros de passaporte, I didn't bother to ask if you guys had anything specific on my ancestors. I

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: LIONEL AVILLA (d'Ávila) Family - Graciosa/S. Miguel to N. Kohala

2013-03-01 Thread Kalani N
I found that info. The info. that my aunt gave back in 2001 was that our family was from Madeira, and I stopped searching b/c at that time, what little info. I could find, didn't point the AVILA/AVILLAs to Madeira. I mean I couldn't find any there, but a few in the Azores. So I gave up,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Children of the Wheeo

2013-03-03 Thread Kalani N
Thank you for this. I wasn't aware of this at all and explained one of the last translations that i did and the response I got for translating it, why there was mentioned of a possible wet nurse as well as the absence of parents' names. Kalani On Friday, February 15, 2013 8:58:24 AM UTC-8,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: LIONEL AVILLA (d'Ávila) Family - Graciosa/S. Miguel to N. Kohala

2013-03-03 Thread Kalani N
Dano, Oops, I kept looking at Vapor and as many times as I've looked at that passenger list, I thought that VAPOR was an unfamiliar name. And I was right, because I knew my ancestor arrived on a ship that began with the letter M. My mistake. I was scrolling thru my notes and I had S. S.

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Entering your places in your genealogy program

2013-03-11 Thread Kalani N
I was looking at some of the data (GEDCOM) that I had given to someone that began using it in his publications and realized that definitely is my work because I did abbreviate the country, as the way that I learned pretty much is like how you wrote it out, minus the detail part. But I learned

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: 1910 casamentos - Vila Nova, Terceira

2013-03-15 Thread Kalani N
Well, I went through the other pages, at least for the website, it went numerically but just for 1910, only that single page apparently, at least that's how it was loaded up to the site. It seems that they're missing 11 pages in the index AND uploading them. K On Friday, March 15, 2013

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] new changes in DNA matches

2013-04-04 Thread Kalani N
On Wednesday, April 3, 2013 12:05:45 PM UTC-7, Doug Holmes wrote: Geneva, Without doubt, the best is testing through FTDNA.com and choose the Family Finder test. Hi Doug, I was about to order FTDNA yesterday but was looking at the prices (was considering doing mtDNA too just for the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] new changes in DNA matches

2013-04-05 Thread Kalani N
Thanks Cheri for that! I was wondering about the medical part since everyone else who told me about it told me that they had a good medical part, which I never understood why since I've been on the paleo diet so whether I'm prone to a particular disease, I could easily avoid it. Both of my

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Graciosa Indexing

2013-04-18 Thread Kalani N
Wow, INDEXING too? I just saw that label today but overlooked the indexing part. On Saturday, February 18, 2012 10:33:30 AM UTC-8, Sherry wrote: Be careful with indexing microfilms. If you are using microfilms from a Family History Center, the majority of them have a warning label on them

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Graciosa Indexing

2013-04-18 Thread Kalani N
Aloha e Kawika, I was just at the FHC today going thru some recs of S. Mateus SC looking for my family since I'm not sure what part they were from. If you wouldn't mind looking up these names where they were from is all I need to know. Mahalo! José Augusto d'Avila, b. around 1869 Pedro

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation request for a Baptism

2013-04-18 Thread Kalani N
From what I was able to read. Aos dez dias do mez de julho do anno de mil oito centos sesenta e quatro na Egreja Pa- rochial do Apostolo San Pedro do logar do Nordestinho, Concelho da Villa do Nordes- tihho(?) Diocese do Angra, baptizei solemnemente um individuo do sexo masculino a quem dei o

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Portuguese English dictionary

2013-04-18 Thread Kalani N
I think Tomas said it pretty much, and I'd have to agree with the part where maybe on the continent they may understand you more than in the islands. Question is, will you be able to understand their Portuguese? :) I find some dialects harder to understand, much more so than those on the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: My turn for a trip...

2013-04-18 Thread Kalani N
Look up the address for the Hawaii State Archives. I believe it was the Kekuanaoa building, but I could be wrong about that. I can't even remember what street that's on. K On Wednesday, April 17, 2013 11:28:14 PM UTC-7, dahntat wrote: I am headed West next week and will be headed to the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Tree DNA Sale

2013-04-18 Thread Kalani N
Grrr! There was mention a few weeks ago about a fast sale so we need to act fast and June or summer time was mentioned. So I figured I had time, so TODAY I got an email conformation that my DNA kit from 23andme is being sent out. Guess I'll have to act on this one now too, although, I have

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Portuguese English dictionary

2013-04-22 Thread Kalani N
I'm excited for you Lorraine! I wanted to go there for awhile but never made any effort. Instead, been focusing on going back to brazil which I will next year again. :) Kalani On Saturday, April 20, 2013 11:34:30 AM UTC-7, Lorraine wrote: Thank you, Tomas, for this excellent and complete

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: DNA Sale ends today at 11:59 CST.

2013-04-22 Thread Kalani N
Thanks for letting us know, because I ordered mine, I expect it to come in if not today, then within the next few days. Thanks again! K On Monday, April 22, 2013 5:28:47 AM UTC-7, Richard Francis Pimentel wrote: *Good Morning All,* * * *Just a reminder that the Family Tree DNA sale ends

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: The DNA Process (at Family Tree DNA)

2013-04-28 Thread Kalani N
Thank you Cheri for this info. This helps a lot, since a couple of nights ago I was trying to figure out when I ordered mine, and it was on the 18th, still haven't received it yet. Kalani On Monday, April 22, 2013 9:09:10 AM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: Here's the details on the whole process

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: The DNA Process (at Family Tree DNA)

2013-05-05 Thread Kalani N
Or next week. hahaha Thanks! I figured they're just busy with the sale. I can wait a bit longer. K On Sunday, April 28, 2013 3:54:55 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: Kalani, The admin page says that FTDNA mailed it on the 19th. Since you are in southern CA, I would think you would have

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: The Azores are a part of Portugal

2013-05-16 Thread Kalani N
It reminds me either earlier this year or late last year in a message forum for Portuguese descendants from Hawaii, I asked people to please start writing São (Sao) Miguel and stop Hispanicizing all Portuguese names like João to Juan. People argued, saying that that is how they found the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: geneology

2013-07-29 Thread Kalani N
Hi Brenda, Another option, is to hire professionals. http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/ See Researchers Available For Hire From time to time, I may receive information from people offering to do research for others. I would like to pass that information along on this web site in the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Portuguese Hawaiian Newspapers online

2013-09-01 Thread Kalani N
Thanks for the update. It's been months since I've been able to look at them and when I first saw it, they started to digitize A União Lusitana Hawaiiana. Now, a whole lot more! K On Friday, August 30, 2013 12:06:24 PM UTC-7, luiznoia wrote: You can browse through, but not search a large

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Learning to read the records

2013-09-02 Thread Kalani N
On Sunday, September 1, 2013 9:04:55 PM UTC-7, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: In 1992 I took my first trip to Portugal, met my father's first cousin in Angra and he was astonished that I could read the records yet not converse in Portuguese. Natives are NOT likely able to read them, but if

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: To all you young researchers a tip

2013-09-02 Thread Kalani N
Good tip! I recently attended some workshops where they talked about boring organizing. But when I listened, I remembered of how I was so unorganized, didn't document all my sources nor with dates and many, many years later, it's bothering me. So the workshop on organizing would've come in

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Finder Test

2013-09-26 Thread Kalani N
I know of other Portuguese, one from Lisbon, the other I thought was from the North. One or both also got Spanish, but I know the one from the north (?) also had 100% Iberian. Do you have any other European mixed in there? On Thursday, September 26, 2013 1:06:13 PM UTC-7, Eliseu Pacheco da

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Family Finder Test

2013-10-01 Thread Kalani N
My results on Population Finder shows: Finnish, French, Orcadian, Russian, Spanish, Basque. But when I run different calculators on Gedmatch.com, I also show French, Spanish, Basque, Ornkey Islands, Jewish, Mediterranean (or maybe Middle Eastern), Southern Europe, Italian, you name it. Kalani

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Horta passports

2013-11-16 Thread Kalani N
They're made progress I see when I looked at all the places yesterday. So looks like just 2 more islands they have that are outstanding? My family goes back to one of those islands. On Friday, November 15, 2013 10:21:29 AM UTC-8, Doug da Rocha Holmes wrote: More good news. I asked the CCA

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How can I find the name of my ancestor that came to Brazil

2014-01-05 Thread Kalani N
Oi Ubirajara, tudo bem? Here's a link you can use, type in Brazil. https://familysearch.org/ask/researchWiki It'll give you brief info. on the census recs (available online or you can go to the Igreja de Jesus Cristo do Santos dos Últimas Días), immigration, etc. I'm not familiar with the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Hawaiian Marriages

2014-01-28 Thread Kalani N
On Monday, December 16, 2013 9:36:12 AM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: Interesting Eric E. I few years ago I was in Hawaii and I went on a tour of a sugar plantation there. The tour guide did say that the first wave of laborers were Chinese bachelors. And China is on a continent. Being a

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Ahnentafel charts (pedigree chart numbers) explained in Dick Eastman's newsletter/blog

2014-12-20 Thread Kalani N
I have my ahnentafel in Excel, but I just explain to people basically what Dick Eastman does. I just stress that even numbers are males, odd are females then explain how to get to that specific number or if given a specific number how to break it down going backwards. Hmm, maybe my way is

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: help translate

2015-02-02 Thread Kalani N
That link does not match that image. On Monday, January 19, 2015 at 9:25:08 PM UTC-8, Lizmig wrote: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1876-1889/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1876-1889_item1/P208.html pg0136 #492 -- Forwarded message -- From:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Portuguese Hawaiian Newspapers online

2015-02-10 Thread Kalani N
Portuguese American Newspaper web site. Maybe access will be better? http://library.umassd.edu/paa/portuguese-american-digital-newspaper-collections Cheri On Tue, Feb 10, 2015 at 7:05 AM, Kalani N mamo...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Wow, they added more. But that site always has