[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Buried records for Faial on the CCA

2016-10-13 Thread Lester
Any idea when the original records (e.g.,1916) will be put on the site? Are the records available on LDS films? Thanks. On Sunday, September 18, 2016 at 12:45:35 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Jeremy was digging around on the CCA and was on their alternate or back > door site. He landed on

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: USCIS genealogy program

2014-08-16 Thread Lester
It cost $20 for the index search and $20 for a copy of the 3 documents in the file, a couple of postage stamps and a little time. I got a copy of my grandfather's Certificate of Naturalization and I found out that he arrived in Boston, Massachusetts on 15 June 1904 aboard the SS Canopic. Was

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: USCIS genealogy program

2014-08-15 Thread Lester
After I requested an index search, I got a C-File number. Then I sent them G-1041a with the C-File number filled in on page 2. Now that I have the Certificate, I see that the C-File number and the certificate number are the *same*. The Declaration (12 June 1924) and Petition (1 July 1927)

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: CCA Passaportes Help

2013-12-25 Thread Lester
Thank you all! On Tuesday, December 24, 2013 3:43:37 PM UTC-5, Lester wrote: Post-holiday fun... On the passport records there are several columns of data and I have identified/translated all but one. On the sample record below the mystery column is the one between ocupacao (occupation

[AZORES-Genealogy] CCA Passaportes Help

2013-12-24 Thread Lester
Post-holiday fun... On the passport records there are several columns of data and I have identified/translated all but one. On the sample record below the mystery column is the one between ocupacao (occupation) and destinos (destination). It appears that the data in that column is either a

[AZORES-Genealogy] Naturalization Packet

2013-12-19 Thread Lester
This is an update to my post on 12 October 2013 concerning my efforts to obtain naturalization information from the USCIS. On 23 August 2013, based on information posted in the Azores Genealogy Group I sent the form 1041 (and $20) to USCIS seeking information. I got a reply from USCIS on 8

[AZORES-Genealogy] US Naturalization Packet

2013-10-12 Thread Lester
Based on an earlier post, I filled out a G-1041 Genealogy Index Search Request and sent it to the USCIS with $20 on 23 August 2013. I got an answer dated 8 October 2013 and was happy to learn that my grandfather became a naturalized citizen in 1927 (new information to me!) and that USCIS has a

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: email for anyone from NEPS

2013-05-10 Thread Lester
Last year I wrote to them to find out the source(s) for the information included in the Base de Dados Genealogica. I got a reply from Victor Emanuel Mendes Olivera. His email: v...@ics.uminho.pt On Friday, May 10, 2013 11:24:55 AM UTC-4, Doug Holmes wrote: I wrote last month to an email

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ancestors from Faial and Terceira 1800s

2013-01-13 Thread Lester
You could pay someone to do the research, but in my opinion you would miss out on a great opportunity to learn first-hand about your ancestors, where they lived, etc. Cheri Mello has alot of very helpful information for new Azores researchers and the Azores government has put the original

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rosa Pavao

2012-12-03 Thread Lester
So, are these poor souls going to get a gravestone??? On Friday, November 30, 2012 9:51:25 AM UTC-5, Richard Francis Pimentel wrote: *Hi All,* * * *I have previously shared with some of the group off list but in thinking about it and based on their comments I felt there is a lesson

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brick wall

2012-09-07 Thread Lester
Sam, Thanks. I thought the abbreviation before his name was reverendo. I have encountered this priest's name on several other documents/records. On Friday, September 7, 2012 1:33:09 PM UTC-4, Sam Koester wrote: Lester, An interesting note; at the bottom of this record it shows

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation Help, Please

2012-09-01 Thread Lester
regards. On Fri, Aug 31, 2012 at 9:12 PM, Lester lester...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: Sorry. Here is the link. http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-LJ-LAJES-O-1860-1875/PIC-LJ-LAJES-O-1860-1875_item1/P164.html On Friday, August 31, 2012 8:42:14 PM UTC-4, Cheri

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation Help, Please

2012-08-31 Thread Lester
Sorry. Here is the link. http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-LJ-LAJES-O-1860-1875/PIC-LJ-LAJES-O-1860-1875_item1/P164.html On Friday, August 31, 2012 8:42:14 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: Les, Send the URL. The way you saved it is too small for my eyes. When I

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: General Questions about Passports

2012-08-23 Thread Lester
a passport with his brother and likely travelled together. Thanks! On Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:07:23 PM UTC-4, Lester wrote: Questions about passports: 1. Were passports required to leave the Azores? 2. I have been looking through the Registo de Passaportes for a person who left

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with Translation, Explanation

2012-08-09 Thread Lester
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[AZORES-Genealogy] Help with Translation, Explanation

2012-08-08 Thread Lester
I found this note in the Ribeiras baptismos (1821-1841.0048) concerning Jose Joaquim Madruga and his wife Rosalina Thomasia. I do not think it was attached or connected to a baptism record on the page. What does it say? What does it mean? Thanks! -- To unsubscribe from this group, send

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Need Help with record

2012-07-12 Thread Lester
Hi. It looks to me like the Church of Nossa Senhora da Conceicao in Angra do Heroismo, Terceira. Les M. On Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:46:13 AM UTC-4, Pam Santos wrote: Since all of my research has been in Sao Miguel, and now this Tavares line is from Terceira and I am not famiilar with the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Need Help with record

2012-07-12 Thread Lester
Let me add that the last lines on page 1 seem to say that his parents, Francisco Tavares and ? are from this parish. Les M. On Thursday, July 12, 2012 5:46:13 AM UTC-4, Pam Santos wrote: Since all of my research has been in Sao Miguel, and now this Tavares line is from Terceira and I am

[AZORES-Genealogy] Guidance Needed, Please

2012-07-10 Thread Lester
I have been trying to locate the marriage record for José Joaquim Madruga and Maria da Conceição. A daughter, Maria Hortênsia was baptized in the parish of Santissima Trindade in Lajes on the island of Pico about 1853, so I have been looking at an LDS microfilm for marriages in that

[AZORES-Genealogy] LDS Family History Library Feedback

2012-04-17 Thread Lester
A couple of weeks ago I asked about using LDS microfilms. Since then I ordered 2 films (baptisms marriages) for Horta (Matriz). With the marriage date found on the CITCEM site I was able to find the marriage record I was looking for! The only problem was that the microfilm was much smaller

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: LDS Family History Library Feedback

2012-04-17 Thread Lester
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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: LDS Family History Library Feedback

2012-04-17 Thread Lester
I found the website of the Núcleo de Estudos de Populaçáo e Sociedade, Instituto de Ciéncias Sociais, which is run by the Universidade do Minho, in Braga, Portugal. There are several databases with information not available on the CCA site. It is just data, no original documents or images. I

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Signatures on Records with crosses

2012-03-29 Thread Lester
I think the parish priest wrote the names of the individuals (note how similar the signatures are) and the individual put his mark on the document. On Mar 29, 10:57 am, EResendes eman...@resendes.ws wrote: I've noticed alot of records that have signatures and they have some crosses between the

[AZORES-Genealogy] LDS Family History Library Resources

2012-03-28 Thread Lester
Does anybody have any experience using the microfilms available through the LDS Family History Libraries? I have gone through the records available online at the CENTRO DE CONHECIMENTO DOS AÇORES and recently an online database at Núcleo de Estudos de Populaçáo e Sociedade, Instituto de Ciéncias