[AZORES-Genealogy] Jose Dias, to Chatham (England? America? Canada? New Zealand? Ecuador? India?) 1850s

2017-09-21 Thread Cheri Mello
Repost for Kia Paranihi, kiaparanihi at gmail.com I have been researching Joseph Dias for a while as he is my gg grandfather along with hundreds of others. The best I information I can get is that he jumped ship in the Chathams from an American whaling ship, apparently named the Victory in the

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Jose Dias, to Chatham (England? America? Canada? New Zealand? Ecuador? India?) 1850s

2017-09-21 Thread Cheri Mello
Kia, You need to join the Azores DNA Project here: Log into the FTDNA page with the kit number and password. Across the top is says: myFTDNA, DNA Tests, ProjectsPoint at Projects. When the drop down menu appears, click "Join a project." If the Azores Islands appears on the top, click the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Learning to speak Portuguese

2017-09-21 Thread MaryAnn Santos
John, That's a fascinating bit of personal history about speaking/learning Portuguese. Thank you for sharing! MaryAnn On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 6:42 PM, John Vasconcelos wrote: > My experience with the Portuguese Language is not typical of most > Potuguese-Americans. I was

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Raposo, Candida

2017-09-21 Thread MaryAnn Santos
Wow! How was your trip? MaryAnn On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 5:20 PM, 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > I am now home from my 9-island tour. Here is the story: > > *Antónia Candida de Jesus * was born in 1841 in João Bom, Bretanha and > married *José Pimentel *

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Raposo, Candida

2017-09-21 Thread MaryAnn Santos
That's wonderful, John! The beauty and peace of the Azores is so magical and rejuvenating. mas On Thu, Sep 21, 2017 at 11:02 AM, 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > The trip of a life time and a goal of many years achieved before it old > age creeps in. > >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Raposo, Candida

2017-09-21 Thread 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy
The trip of a life time and a goal of many years achieved before it old age creeps in. John On Thursday, September 21, 2017 7:53 AM, MaryAnn Santos wrote: Wow! How was your trip? MaryAnn On Wed, Sep 20, 2017 at 5:20 PM, 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy