This is week 6 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. The theme is So Far Away. I decided to write about my great great grandfather, Jozimas de Braga, who had the longest migration of them all. I should note that my great grandmother, Maria (de Braga) Pacheco Smith, his daughter, also had a similar migration…
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52 Ancestors: Rosa Boteilho was a Tough Woman
This is my entry for the 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks challenge, week 3: Tough Woman. It’s not easy to flesh out the stories of Azorean women. You are dealing with baptismal, marriage, and death records. That’s it. Often, women are elusive because of naming practices which involved taking a religious name rather than a…
52 Ancestors: Goncalo Vaz Botelho, Descendant of a King
This is week 2 of 52 Ancestors in 52 Weeks. This week’s theme: King. I am writing about Goncalo Vaz Botelho, descendant of kings and queens. In scanning the list I see the first connection is Fernando I, the King of Castille and Leon (1345-1383). Goncalo is his 12 great grandson. Not many know, and…
No More Descendants to Follow in my Mello Tree
When the records for Maia, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island came online, I was so excited. Finally, I would be able to fill in some gaps in my tree. One of my hopes was to find out if my ancestors, Felicianno de Mello and Rosa Boteilho, had anymore children that I might be able to…
My Azores Pinterest Board
Pinterest is a great way to waste time on a rainy day, isn’t it? Well, that’s what happened and now I have a board devoted to the Azores. Over time, I’ll be adding my own writing and photos. For now, I have started a collection of the landmarks and landscapes of the Azores. If you…