Since the question originally dealt with the term being used in California,
it might also mean what it has tradtionally meant in the US. The primary
use of the term has been to refer to children who have been abandoned by
their fathers (and usually supported by the state). Even though the
Hi Antonio,I know you already saw this, but I have started such a list for Pico and Terceira:http://www.dholmes.com/dna-origins.htmlI'm sure it needs to be updated by now, since I did it months ago.Hope you don't mind that I switched your subject to reflect the discussion.Doug da Rocha
I don't know if Mr. Teixeira is on this list, so I am pretty much writing on his behalf.We are a projected 3rd-5th cousin based on the Family Finder DNA results and being so relatively close, it has been bugging me as to why I can't locate the link between us.So today I was looking over his tree
Please add me to your Graciosa researchers list. My father was born in
Graciosa in 1890, Jaime Cunha Dias, His father was Joao Cunha Dias and his
grandfather was Jose Cunha Dias. His mother was Maria Jesus Cunha. My
father went back and forth from the Azores to America as a young person
Hi Dano,
I guess I'm on a roll but I've found the marriage record for Manuel Mota
and Ana Rodriques from 1620. And it gives Manuel Mota father's name
although I'm not sure what it is (Manuel Voas or Voaz or something
else).,,can you make it out? It's on the right side of page at top.
Interesting
Well Doug you are lucky to have only one that you can't link. other than
Manuel Furtado the rest of my family finder matches I have no idea how we
connect because they are all from Pico, Flores. Which I only have one
ancestor that I know of from Flores but can't find his marriage record.
Good luck
Maria,
It´s Manuel de Sousa Revoredo and Teresa (Thereza) de Oliveira.
Manoel
Em sexta-feira, 18 de abril de 2014 23h55min56s UTC-3, Maria escreveu:
Right hand page
Sixth and seventh line down
Can anyone read the entire name of they bride's father: I see MANOEL DA
SOUZA
then maybe
Hi Pam,I didn't mean to imply I have just this one mystery.I have dozens I can't link. But this one is closer than most.There is one even closer and she is from Brasil and not much research done. In fact, no research, but seems to be operating on just family tradition with no locations other than
Thanks, Fred. I had never even heard the term before. I'm almost certain
both parents were alive when the children were growing up. And the mother
paid a children's home $20 a month. Even though the parents were both alive
and lived exactly one block apart, maybe it was still considered as the
Antonio,
Most people can't tell the location from their list of matches. And with
the Gedcom viewer messed up right now (it's not displaying places except
for older uploads), people don't know at all where ancestor match was born
either :(
The Gedcom Viewer problem has been reported. However,
I haven't been paying real close attention to this thread, but I have one
instance of an orphan in my family. It's in Alabama in the 1850s. The
father died leaving his wife and orphaned children. Not having a father
in Alabama (and other states in America) in the middle 1800s meant
orphaned.
As
Thank you, Fred. I will check that out and let you know if I find anything.
On Friday, April 18, 2014 9:36:25 PM UTC-7, azoresfred wrote:
my aunt Mary Souza from Stonington Connecticut was married to a man named
Gracia, but the marriage was short-lived because he died at a very young
age.
The book is *Saudade*, a Portuguese word but the book is in English, by
Winthrop. I found it reviewed on
*http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/*http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/.
It's set in the Azores and filled with interesting facts a fictional
genealogist learns as she
Hi Antonio. I looked through Volume VI and I did not see any Gonsalves listed
as early settlers of Flores but it does mention that some of them were
Pimenteis, Homens, Costas, Fernandes, Vazes, Gomes e Vieiras da juridiscacao
de Santa Cruz. The paragraph references of a ermidia small church
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