That was a crafty rhyme in my blog post title 😉 Last week, I followed Rosa Pimentel’s maternal line. This week I am going to follow her paternal line. The surname Furtado and the variant Furtada figures in this line. Once again, because of the era, the surname follows the matrilineal format. Starting with Rosa…
Category: Portuguese Hawaiian Roots
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: Smith and Margie
This is the wedding photo of my Great Uncle and Aunt, Theodore Pacheco (aka Ted P. Smith) and Angie Margie. Theodore was the son of Theodoro and Maria (de Braga) Pacheco. Angie was the daughter of Antone and Rose (Joseph) Margie. Both Theodore and Angie were born in Hawaii. He in Kilauea, Kauai. Her birthplace…
Wedding Chapel Wednesday: Nanny and Dean
This slightly weathered wedding photograph is of my Great Aunt (seated) and Great Uncle (standing on the left). They are Maria Pacheco (aka Mary Pacheco Smith) and Anton Souza. Maria and Anton are better known as Nanny and Dean. Maria’s parents were Theodoro Pacheco and Maria de Braga. Anton’s parents were Augusto de Souza and…
The Music of Carlos Paredes
I came across a CD a few years ago. It was a Portuguese musician named Carlos Paredes. Paredes played the Portuguese Guitar which is much rounder than the one that Americans are familiar with. Paredes was born in 1925 in Coimbra, Portugal. His Father was Arthur Paredes, a famous Portuguese musician. Paredes learned to played…
Learning to Read Portuguese Records
Dick Eastman’s Genealogy Newsletter had a post this week about the courses being offered for free through the LDS Church’s FamilySearch.org website.  I decided to see if they had anything available to assist Portuguese researchers. I found they have three courses under Reading Handwritten Records Series: Portuguese Lesson 1: Portuguese Letters This lesson covers the…