[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Great passenger lists on ancestry.com

2011-05-25 Thread jrap
Bruce, My great grandmother was a Tavares and arrived in New Bedford, through Providence RI, with a lot of her family around 1912. Could Pedro been Manuel Pedro Tavares and arrived in New Bedford in 1902 then moved to Fall River? That is what one document I have found has for information. As

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: New England Regional Genealogy Conference, April 6-10, Springfield, Massachusetts

2011-04-11 Thread jrap
I only went Thursday night, the conference ended on Saturday and I was very busy at work and on Saturday we had family plans. I would have gone Sunday if they had one more day. So all I did was walk around the vendors area and went to a beginner 30 minute talk and a special interest group

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: New England Regional Genealogy Conference, April 6-10, Springfield, Massachusetts

2011-03-22 Thread jrap
I plan on attending, it is only 20 minutes from my home. Any suggestions for a newbie going to these types of conferences? -Jeremy Rapoza On Mar 22, 6:40 am, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: Although there's nothing on Portuguese, it looks like they have some good general topics and

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rapoza from Santa Luzia, Pico, 1890s

2011-01-23 Thread jrap
Thank you very much for all the helpful information. I see that I will be very busy for awhile. On Jan 22, 1:37 am, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote: JRap, Read this on names:http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/naming.html Actually, you may want to bookmark the main site

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rapoza from Santa Luzia, Pico, 1890s

2011-01-21 Thread jrap
Marcio, Thank you very much. I am completely illiterate in Portugese, technically I am only 1/4 Portugese and did not grow up in the New Bedford area, where I could have been exposed to the language. I don't think even my grandfather understood much Portugese. Anyways, looks like I need to

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Rapoza from Santa Luzia, Pico, 1890s

2011-01-21 Thread jrap
I opened it, thanks. I have a question, is there an easy explanation for why Caroline's last name could have been listed as Perpetua and you found Jacinta? I am new to this and do not understand Portugese, and I am absolutely astonished at how far back that documented line of ancestors go and