Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Anyone researching Antonio do Monte/Agada Rapozo Achada/Nordestinho?

2014-06-05 Thread Antonio Faria
Good Morning, I don't have any information on a specific Monte family but I will translate information according to the encyclopedia Familias Nobres Suas Origens E Suas Armas written in 1961 by Antonio Machado de Faria, which contains all the noble families in Portugal and their coat of

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Anyone researching Antonio do Monte/Agada Rapozo Achada/Nordestinho?

2014-06-04 Thread Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
Hi Dough! Do you have any more information on those MONTE you said left S. Miguel to settle in Terceira? May be the names will give us some more leads… Thank you, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva Researching Açores (São Miguel and Graciosa) and Alentejo ( http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Anyone researching Antonio do Monte/Agada Rapozo Achada/Nordestinho?

2014-06-04 Thread IslandRoutes
Eliseu/Doug, this information would be very interesting to see. We don't really know where Monte originates. On Wednesday, June 4, 2014 2:39:56 AM UTC-7, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva wrote: Hi Dough! Do you have any more information on those MONTE you said left S. Miguel to settle in

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Anyone researching Antonio do Monte/Agada Rapozo Achada/Nordestinho?

2014-06-03 Thread Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
Hi! I have to congratulate you for the nice and clean presentation of your aims! Thank you also for the lesson! Eliseu Pacheco da Silva Researching Açores (São Miguel and Graciosa) and Alentejo ( http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel ) --

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Anyone researching Antonio do Monte/Agada Rapozo Achada/Nordestinho?

2014-06-03 Thread Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
Hi I am related (not directly) to this Miguel do Monte and Maria da Costa trough his daughter Antónia dos Reis. I didn’t knew about the other marriage of Miguel. Please let me know if I can be of any assistance :) Eliseu Pacheco da Silva Researching Açores (São Miguel and Graciosa) and

[AZORES-Genealogy] Anyone researching Antonio do Monte/Agada Rapozo Achada/Nordestinho?

2014-06-02 Thread IslandRoutes
One of my ancestors is Miguel do Monte. Miguel was born ca 1690 possibly in Achadinha. He was married twice. First wife was Maria Furtada and the second Maria da Costa. He had several children by both of them. Most were born in Achada, though records point to his son, Miguel do Monte (my

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Anyone researching Antonio do Monte/Agada Rapozo Achada/Nordestinho?

2014-06-02 Thread pico
I don't know how common Monte is on Sao Miguel, but there is a Monte family from Sao Miguel from the late 1600s that settled in Terceira.But I suppose there could be a lot of ways and reasons a person could start using do Monte as a surname. Maybe they first lived in the castle at Monte do Brasil,