[AZORES-Genealogy] How to format names on family trees?

2014-07-29 Thread Nicole Rodriques
Is there an accepted way of determining which names are First and Middle and which are surnames? For example, Joao Cabral Pimentel or de Pimentel. Is it entered as Joao Cabral as middle names and Pimentel or de Pimentel as surname or is the surname Cabral Pimentel? or does it not really matter

[AZORES-Genealogy] curious as to what this says-transcription help

2014-07-29 Thread Nicole Rodriques
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-B-1859-1860/SMG-ND-SAOJORGE-B-1859-1860_item1/P36.html Starts at top right. I would like to know what this says in Portuguese, I don't really need it translated. If I can compare it to a transcription I think it will help me

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Barreled through my brick wall, now what?

2014-07-25 Thread Nicole Rodriques
So I was right about the names not quite matching. But the names are so close, is there a good chance that I have the right people here? On Thursday, July 24, 2014 10:47:14 PM UTC-4, luiznoia wrote: Jose Ignacio de Medeiros resident of Lomba de Feteira Grande( 35 yrs)and Ana Rosa de Jesus

[AZORES-Genealogy] Barreled through my brick wall, now what?

2014-07-24 Thread Nicole Rodriques
Until a few days ago I was stuck at only knowing my great-gparents' names and vaguely where they came from and relevant birth and death dates. With the help of people on this list, I now I have the names all the way back to my g-g-g-great gparents thanks to the Azores baptismos and marriage

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Baptismo record format?

2014-07-23 Thread Nicole Rodriques
to get ready for the site and I hope to have them to Kathy Cardoza, webmaster of the Azores GenWeb, soon. On Tue, Jul 22, 2014 at 3:16 PM, Nicole Rodriques rodri...@gmail.com javascript: wrote: I'm looking at the scanned baptismos on the Centro de Conhecimento website. Specifically

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Baptismo record format?

2014-07-23 Thread Nicole Rodriques
Piquena, same freguesia PATERNAL Jose Duarte, Jr. X Rosa da Silva MATERNAL Joao Pacheco X Rosa Pacheco GODFATHER Manoel d'Arruda GODMOTHER Antonia de Farias That's it. Shirley in CA - Original Message - *From:* Nicole Rodriques javascript: *To:* azo

[AZORES-Genealogy] Baptismo record format?

2014-07-22 Thread Nicole Rodriques
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[AZORES-Genealogy] Physical Research In/Around Dartmouth?

2009-12-28 Thread Nicole Rodriques
out that I can't make it to the summer program, I'll get around to hiring someone else to do the legwork for me. I have a quickly aging great aunt who would love to know more about her history. Nicole Rodriques -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: My thoughts on DNA testing

2009-07-18 Thread Nicole Rodriques
I had my father tested for MtDNA and Y-DNA. So far, I've only had a match with MtDNA and while it is possible for the match to be traceable, it could be so far back to be impossible (if I remember how the matching works.) However, I know that my father's maternal line belongs to Haplogroup J* and

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How is a Portuguese obituary usually written? What words do I look for?

2009-07-03 Thread Nicole Rodriques
Great. That is certainly them! So, now I should see if those funeral homes are still around and find information about the church of immaculate conceicao (that is conception, right?). And from Manuel's, I know now that he had a brother than he must have named his son after, he had a sister on

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azores were Black slaves

2008-09-01 Thread Nicole Rodriques
I don't know anything about the claim about the Azoran population, but I've often found it interesting that the Portuguese influence on slave trade is practically hidden. I personally have always accepted the fact that I am Portuguese and yes, the Portuguese did pretty much bring the slave trade