Category Archives: Azorean Roots
Let’s Play a Game for Labor Day Weekend!
I thought we’d have some fun over the holiday weekend. This is a translation game. I had a passenger list that I forgot to note the ship’s name on. I went back to the ellis island website and then to ancestry.com, but I couldn’t find the darn thing! Eventually, I used stevemorse.org to identify which …
Surname Saturday: Ferreira Grota of Estrela
Working through my Portuguese family tree, today I’ve decided to post on the Ferreira/Ferreira Grota line. This line hails from the Ribeira Grande district of Sao Miguel Island. As with most Porttuguese lines in the 1700s, the surname descends from the maternal line rather than the paternal line. My oldest ancestor is Jacintha Ferreira, a …
A Mini Brick Wall: Ana Jacinta
[Fearless Females-Women's History Month, March 20th: Female ancestor who is a brick wall] My female ancestors have been good to me. They have left pretty good trails despite being woman. There is one female ancestor I consider a mini brick wall. Despite the fact that I can go back beyond Ana Jacintha de Melo Pacheco, …