I’m working through the Obitos (death records) for the village of Maia, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. Sometimes death records can be depressing. They also present questions that can’t really be answered unless someone has written a history of the area. Case in point, I am working on the 1860s. In 1860, there were…
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The Azores DNA Project Needs Your Help
Many people don’t know about the Azores DNA Project. It is one of the groups developed via FTDNA.com’s website. Azoreans who have their DNA tests done can then join the group. The purpose of the group is to help Azorean genealogists (whether you are Azorean or one line of your tree is Azorean) connect with…
Eureka! I Have Found It!
Feast your eyes upon a beautiful sight… This is my great great grandparents, Jacinto Pacheco and Anna Jacinta de Mello’s marriage record. It is the culmination of 3-5 years of searching, a good 10 or more years of not being able to search because of my arthritis, and the end of a whole lot of…
A very young marriage
I came across a marriage for the sibling of one of my ancestor that gave me pause to think. The marriage is for Joze Correa and Roza de Rezendes. He is the son of Mateus Correa and Maria de Mello. She is the daughter of Domingos Pimentel and Barbara de Rezendes. They were married in…
What’s wrong with these ages?
I thought I would do something nice for some cousins this weekend. As some of the Azorean church records are online, I thought I would look through them and find some of my great and great great aunts and uncles. I was able to locate Francisco de Boa Ventura in Sao Jose, Ponta Delgada fairly…