Yes, Albina is actually not so uncommon in some places, like Terceira.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] First name of Mlina?
From: "Richard Francis Pimentel"
, it seems, and just give up and don't list the parents when they are clearly written in the marriage record.I have been working a lot on the Ribeiras, Pico records where there is that very large gap in the marriages of the 1700s. This gap has led to so many mistakes by NEPS.And where is the logic
I have serious doubts that the translation of caboqueiro, cavoqueiro, cabouqueiro means they worked in mines.I have checked several of my marriage databases for the various Pico and Terceira villages where they list the occupations of the groom and it seems to me the definition we should
hecked several of my marriage databases for the various Pico and Terceira villages where they list the occupations of the groom and it seems to me the definition we should be applying is one more like the laborer working in the fields and digging the dirt. Maybe it could also apply to someone digg
..@dholmes.com Date: Sat, February 15, 2014 10:33 am To: azores@googlegroups.com I have serious doubts that the translation of caboqueiro, cavoqueiro, cabouqueiro means they worked in mines.I have checked several of my marriage databases for the various Pico and Terceira villages where th
m: p...@dholmes.comDate: Sat, February 15, 2014 10:33 amTo: azores@googlegroups.com I have serious doubts that the translation of caboqueiro, cavoqueiro, cabouqueiro means they worked in mines. I have checked several of my marriage databases for the various Pico and Terceira villages where they
ng at Lake Tahoe today. His email addressis hol...@dholmes.com Lionel On Sun, Feb 16, 2014 at 2:10 PM, rcapodc rcap...@redshift.com wrote: Doug, Please email me re our Joao Goncalves Santana Marie Rodrigues from Sao Roque do Pico. I’ve been verifying stuff from the NEPS site and I have som
Hi Manny,Again, I was wondering how I missed messages about Pico families, and just now realized these are really old messages you are quoting while you dig through the archives of this list.I started to think something was wrong. :-)If I'm not mistaken, this person, Anne, knows quite well about
connections, but you might not be that far back yet. And I see I need to look more closely at your Pico connections to see if we also link there.Just wondering.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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connections, but you might not be that far back yet. And I see I need to look more closely at your Pico connections to see if we also link there.Just wondering.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Original Message Subject
Liliana, If it's Areia, look for "d'Areia" or "da Area" and maybe in Calheta, where I found some who are originally from Piedade, Pico. Calheta is where my own Areia family is from. Maybe we're related.You might consider getting the Family Finder DNA test, too. I have wr
Hi Tony,I don't know where you're stuck, but I can tell you I know of several named Corvelo (you will see them as Corvello most of the time in the Terceira records, as you know) who were born in the 1500s.So if you are stuck after that, sometime in the 1600s, then it will be just a waste of time
Tony,It's a mixture of "important" families and not so "important." Maybe a better term should be "leading" families.Like always, verify everything you can, because I found major mistakes on Simas in Pico and Rocha in Terceira and I don't have them, so can't check o
o it would be no surprise to see one person listed as Antonio da Rosa without Maciel.I didn't yet look at the family you described, but there are lines of people on Pico who used "da Rosa Maciel" for many generations. Not all are from the same family, because they arrived at that comb
Hi Diane,Roxa is an often-used alternate spelling.Yea, Roxa could trick someone to think Rosa. Just another reason to do your own research.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Borges Toste, born early 1900s
Eric,I was thinking the name might be Abreu.What do you think of that?Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Need help with Fayal family
From: "luiznoia ."
Hi Will,I'm sorry, but it must have been many years ago and I don't remember our discussion.I see you have Pico ancestors, and that could be a link, but I don't have any known ancestors from Arco da Calheta. I do have close relatives who were born in Arco de Sao Jorge, Madeira. And I found
I never heard of the name ABRAO. Is it found anywhere in the Azores?Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Need help with Fayal family
From: "luiznoia ."
5 - Azores RESIDENCE: New Bedford, Bristol, MassachusettsEric On Mon, Feb 24, 2014 at 8:13 PM, p...@dholmes.com wrote: I never heard of the name ABRAO. Is it found anywhere in the Azores?Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, California Pico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Origin
Nancy,Did you realize this Caetano de Sousa is actually from Pico?I probably won't be able to prove it, but there is a decent chance I'm related to him.I don't remember. Are we showing as related from Family Finder? If so, maybe this is the link.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico
Actually, some adult men did use only these devotional names.One popular example is Nascimento, such as Jose do Nascimento. It usually starts because they were born or baptized on or near Christmas day. And this one quite often becomes a surname in subsequent generations.Santos can start by birth
So did he marry her?Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] widower marries within three months
From: Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com
Date: Fri, February 28, 2014 6:47 pm
I've never seen such a thing before.I half way thought you were kidding.1 2 grau da afinidade.I will have to pay close attention to this and see if I can find another example.What year was it? And I'd love to see the record.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira
Hello Maria Natalia,I have something similar in my Family Finder matches.One person seems to have nothing but Australian ancestors, but there is one unknown father in their line. So I suggested to them the possibility that somewhere in my ancestry there was a son or grandson who was a whaler who
Cheri,That works only on the ones I am also related to. If you are a match to them, the matches would not show when I run that, since we don't show a match on the Family Finder test. But if Rosemarie were a match to them and since I also match Rosemarie, then yes, that would show.Come to think of
in those records. There was an exposto from Terceira that I recall in the 1700s. And some named Terra moved there from Faial in the 1800s, I believe. My Madeira cousins have a remote link to Pico in the late 1700s. Actually, I have far more records of Madeirans moving to the Azores.Doug da Rocha
Funny you mention that.My 2nd cousin h as a mother born in Cuba, but all her ancestry is from the Canary Islands.He also has some matches to some with Azores ancestry.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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the warm climate?Just this week someone in Panama has been in contact with me and I've done research for someone there with Pico ancestry.My own cousin's connection to the Azores came as a big surprise, because it must come through his mother's Canary Island or his father's Mexico/Spain roots.I
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] pictures
From: Manuel Martins kambb...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, March 06, 2014 7:57 pm
To: azores@googlegroups.com
I will be in Pico in June, I can swing by Piedade and take photos, do you have a particular location there? As for Cedros, I can go across to Faial
I think others would tell you the name was Corvelo/Corvello and that name is found on Flores.It's also on Terceira, but probably unrelated at least until you get back to the 1500s. That's impossible on Flores.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira
originally from Pico. I have no idea who it is, but assume a relative. Eric EdgarOn Sun, Mar 9, 2014 at 9:47 AM, Antonio Faria antoniof1...@gmail.com wrote: I have taken the family finder test match someone whose ancestors are from Mexico particularly from Nuevo Leon I am of 100% Portugues
I often found Duarte from Faial. Is that their origin?Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] DNA Matches to Mexico
From: "luiznoia ." noblankt...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, March
Just a guess, but perhaps it was because they also picked up some materials to take from Horta to Angra.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao
Yes, interesting.I am distantly related.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Joe aka Joao Ignacio aka John
Enos - Seattle Empire Hotel
From: Marilyn Thompson
I was looking more closely and maybe this isn't the same person I thought.But the stories are very similar. Portuguese man married a native American/Indian, and lived in British Columbia, Canada, a big success, known as Portuguese Joe.If you're reading this, Manuel, is this the same person I
Yes, at least two.The one I am thinking about was known as #1, at least that's what I was told.I have no idea who decided who got what number.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re:
: "luiznoia ." noblankt...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, March 10, 2014 8:50 am
To: Azores Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com
JOSE ROSA DUARTEborn 25 Feb 1884 in Madelena, Pico, Azores Islands, Portugal (Source: Shiplist Madonna 15 Oct 1913.), and died 30 Jul 1953 in Merced County, California. He marri
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Manuel d'Avila de Bettencourt, Lajes do Pico
From: Manuel Martins kambb...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, March 10, 2014 8:00 pm
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Hello,Does anyone have
hunch was right that his Duarte might come from Faial.He probably knew his father.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Jose Rosa Duarte of Madalena, Pico
From: "lui
HOMEM is common on Pico and Terceira.HOMEM da COSTA is a common combination.I get my name Holmes from Homem. It is commonly misspelled as HOMEN because when properly pronounced the end has sort of a ENG or EN ending. Plus, the H is silent, so the whole thing is like OMENG or OMEN. I'm sure
It just occurred to me that maybe some named Homem did change it by translating the name to MANN.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname - HOMEM
From:
Denis,In regards the CCA, it has already changed one time since they created it.I have many invalid URLs from that time.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re:
Lisa,Look for Pico passengers departing from Horta.Those from Terceira and S.Jorge, as well as Graciosa, depart from Angra.Neither is online yet.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Another factor is that if you are lucky enough to encounter an index, you must know what 94V means, or just 94 (they don't use R for front in any church indices I have ever seen). And if you want a response from the archive if you ever send them a letter request, knowing the page as they describe
y are also the padrinhos, but could be wrong in this assumption. Maybe someone can chime in about this if they know for certain.I remember one of my ancestors was baptized at home in Sao Roque do Pico in the middle 1700s. So it surely doesn't mean these children didn't survive. They just got off
The only guarantee the grandparents were listed was on 1 July 1860 forward.But many started before that. Sometimes even the latter 1700s.On Madeira, it is normal to list them in the 1700s, even for marriages. And I have seen that on the mainland, too.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico
Paul,The margin lists the deceased.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Obito records
From: Paul pagome...@comcast.net
Date: Thu, March 20, 2014 10:40 pm
To:
Hello Joseph,I couldn't resist your challenge.What is clear is the "ao" ending. That leaves one with a lot fewer choices for names.Expanding on that, it is pretty clear there is an "l" before the "al" and that now gives you "lao" and once you see that, you can see the "u" before the "l" and before
Joseph,How about the fact the baptism is for a child of Matias and the mother is not listed with Pacheco/a?I have sometimes seen a father listed as Mathias one time and Matheus another time. So if your ancestor was Mateus, you can't 100% rule out you could find him as Matias, but it will depend on
Joao da Costa? I assume you know Joam and Joao are the same name. Doug da Rocha Holmes Sacramento, California Pico Terceira Genealogist 916-550-1618 www.dholmes.com Original Message Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joam da Costa (Might be his birth record -- can't r
But Joseph, how did you learn the parents of Mateus da Costa without first finding his marriage record?Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Joam da Costa (Might be his
Also, Joseph, the thing to do is keep looking for children of both couples. See if there is anything that would eliminate them as the same people. Look for all godparents and see if any or all are the tios.Plus, you can see if the names found at marriage are in the ancestry of the parents you
I would love to hear the opinion of some native speakers about my ancestor from the 1600s whose occupation is mentioned as "lutador."It is defined as fighter or wrestler, but in a society (Terceira) where people are more concerned with feeding their families than entertainment, could this really
That's certainly possible. But it is also certainly not one that was passed down to anyone, not that it must be.I am hoping he was really a bull fighter. That would be very interesting.I wonder when that started on Terceira.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira
It has been mentioned many times that is most cases, only the first name is listed at baptism in the Azores.So it struck me today while researching on the mainland that in the records I'm viewing, 1885-1886, almost every child is listed with their first two
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I have been checking my and my father's Family Finder matches and noticed there are many new matches that are actually dated as much as 3 years ago.Seems to me that they went through everything and changed their criteria as to what is a match.One strange thing is that I am matching two people
Hi Cheri,Well, that's a surprise about matches for me and not my parents, but sure makes sense.About the "new" matches, here is what I noticed and you can explain it any way you want.Starting from about last summer, I always made it a point to check in once or more each month and every match to me
One thing you might be able to do, if she had any daughters, and if these daughters had any daughters who are living to this day, is get the mt-DNA test and maybe somehow, someone in the future will match and you can find that one maternal line.Also, the Family Finder test will register her DNA,
Maybe the reason expostos used the baptism date as the birth is that when abandoned, it would be no more than a day before they were baptized. If abandoned in the dark or after midnight, the following morning they would be baptized.Of course, if the baby was kept for a few days before abandonment,
on Pico, too.I think you'll see it in early Velas records, too. And also in early Topo and Ribeira Seca.Souto is common on Faial, usually as "do Souto" but might have some connection to the other name.Another spelling variation is Sotto-Maior. Sometimes it's Sotto-Mayor.Doug da Rocha Holmes
The parish name is Nossa Senhora da Ajuda (Our Lady of Help), just like the parish in the village of Prainha do Norte on the island of Pico.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
Original Message Antonio, son of Manoel
What time span were they having children (the years) do you think?Look
before and after the date of that marriage and when you find one
baptism, compare the names of the padrinhos to the parents listed in
that marriage. If one of the aunts or uncles was a padrinho/madrinha,
then you have the
That's why I asked for the years.You will have a much easier time verifying the marriage is correct, because they always list the grandparents in each baptism from the time period you mentioned. At least, they do in the Azores records. And I think most everywhere else in the Portuguese speaking
I just wrote a long and detailed message to my cousins in an attempt to convince some to get DNA testing and one of the points I brought up was the fact that we don't all get the same DNA from our parents which is proven because my nephew from my sister has at least one or two matches to people
In regards the word "apelido" you will find natives in the Azores use it to also mean "alcunha" because that's exactly what I found on my two visits there. But when I inquired further, they did agree that nickname is better translated as alcunha.In regards "da" and other surname prefixes, when I
These maps were created years ago by a volunteer named Ana Ghia-Pereira who has mainland ancestry and resides in Toronto and I doubt is on this list, but was on the old Portugal List on Rootsweb about 10 years ago. She did a wonderful job and so if you ever encounter her in the future, you can
Today only:You will see the link from this page:http://www.dholmes.com/rocha1.htmlEnjoy!Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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That's just how Portuguese grammar works.It's always "o capitao" and "o sargento" etc.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
Original Message It is curious that the priest wrote "THE ALFERES". As if the person were the
Hi Judy,I just answered your email to me with that question.Yes, it's there under the names of your matches, on the far right icon.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] ftdna
Sort of, Helen.Before Doze Ribeiras changed from just an ermida to a freguesia, it was part of Santa Barbara das Nove Ribeiras, as you probably know. Mine are from Santa Barbara.I was wondering why you asked, so I noticed one of your husband's Cota lines and I can't yet prove we are related by
Well, some people's hunch was right.While not yet working at this moment, they are attempting to upload the Graciosa baptisms for Santa Cruz:http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/Default.aspxDoug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
Well, some people's hunch was right.While not yet working at this moment, they are attempting to upload the Graciosa baptisms for Guadalupe:Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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They wrote "mais ou menos" nearly 100% of the time, so I don't see it as a case where the priest didn't care.You can also look at that in another way - it might be how the priest viewed their condition or how old they looked. If someone who was really 85 was estimated to be 70yrs or so, then that
I believe Cheri identified my father, Lionel Rocha Holmes, as the oldest of our list members.It also happens to be his birthday today. He turned 95 and still going strong - drives his own car, active in the PHCS. Pretty amazing. We already had a big party on Sunday.Happy Birthday, Dad!Doug da
I just learned last night at the PHCS meeting that my father's book, Portuguese Pioneers of the Sacramento Area, is now in reprint again. It is soft cover (the original was hard bound) and I think I heard it costs $30, but you'll have to confirm that with my father or Mary Ann, our president (I'm
Hi Diane,I am pretty sure your Noia family is from Flores.Is your Rogers family from Criação Velha, Pico?If so, then I suppose Aileen Gage is your cousin?Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Hello Angela, Seems this must be your direct paternal line of Loura.There is a dot above and below the name about half way through which makes me think one letter is c cedilha and there is an i in there.The name looks like Ferminiana de Jesus. But that possible cedilha might be a line from a faint
you:www.dholmes.com/rocha1.htmlDoug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Henriques on Pico
From: Liliana Harris lilianah...@gmail.com
Date: Thu, April 03, 2014 11:52 am
To: azores
In case anyone doesn't already know, this name is also a given name.My second cousin has the name Jácome.As a surname, it is also found on Terceira as far back as the early 1500s.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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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 first stated by mistake (because it was in the concelho de Santa Cruz).And the same happened for Sao Pedro, Santa Maria. They had all links for
Yea, Ricardo.It happens to all of us 100% of the time, eventually.Just think how disappointing it would be if any of your ancestors came from Bandeiras, Pico where the records START in 1850. There are some villages on Flores where it's just a little before that.But have you already found all
If I might offer a slight clarification, 1st degree of consanguinidade is brother/sister.Of course, you don't see that, but do see 1st and 2nd degree, which is uncle/niece, as Cheri stated.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
Of course. And that's why you don't ever see a 1st degree connection getting married.Frankly, it's surprising to me 1st and 2nd degree was ever allowed. Maybe it was a way to generate more money by the church, so they allowed it? I'm assuming they had to pay a bigger fee for dispensation, but it's
I won't believe that until I see it.I think it must have been 1st and 2nd mixed - uncle/niece.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] first degree of consanguinity
From:
I suppose the logic in Hawaiian royalty was that they were superior to begin with, so marriage to another such superior person couldn't help but produce more superior offspring.But I have never once seen any example of royal marriages to siblings. I think in Catholic countries, they would never
of property.So it's something related to the social class and family wealth. Some of the more successful of my Pico ancestors have some descendants who married cousins related in up to three different ways. I'm sure most researchers have run across a couple related in something like the 2nd degree
I agree. We also see Gracia instead of Garcia, Graviel instead of Gabriel, Breatis rather than Beatriz, etc.It makes me wonder if that's really how the pronounced it, too.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Dano,I've encountered the mention of exorcism at baptism countless times. Maybe 10,000? I have no idea.I haven't paid attention to the time period, but know it's in the 1700s when the wording got more verbose. Maybe also 1800s.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira
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
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Santa Cruz, Graciosa online
No, Joao, not just you. I was wondering the same thing.If I had the chance to make another visit, I'd be looking at things that are not available to me any other way. Maybe passports are coming eventually, but I would be looking there if I were in any hurry for the info.Doug da Rocha
Hi Eliseu,I have some remote Graciosa ancestors. Mine are Vaz Sodre from Praia in the late 1500s.So I would be curious as to what you're putting together and you can add me to the list.Obrigado,Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
Bettencourt is quite a common Portuguese name and is found in every island of the Azores.So chances are not good that any two random Bettencourt families are closely related.But in theory, they certainly would be. It would be a connection from maybe 400-500 years ago.Doug da Rocha
a DNA connection to some people, even though it's a little unlikely, since it comes from my Terceira ancestry with little or no amplification of DNA from cousin marriages, unlike my Pico ancestry.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
Hi Marilyn,What information do you get from a blessing record?Thanks,Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] California Orphanage Records
From: Marilyn Thompson
Justina is right, Steve.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Name Check on Baptism Record - Joaquim
1831, Topo, Sao Jorge
From: Steve woodrowme...@gmail.com
Date: Sun,
I recently learned that one of my cousins on my German/Hungarian/Slovak side married into a family with Azores ancestry.Just this morning I discovered that family came from Pico da Pedra in the concelho de Ribeira Grande which is going to be the very last one put online by the CCA.In any case, I
Yea, I am certain that must be from Faustino, a common name on the island of Sao Jorge.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] First name "Foster" in USA-what might it
have
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Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Pico da Pedra, Sao Miguel family
From: "Eliseu Pacheco da Silva" eliseuman...@gmail.com
Date: Mon, April 14, 2014 4:24 am
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Hi Doug!If you have a very specific question on your Pico da Pedra ones (as
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