In the course of my research, I have heard claims that we’re related to this famous person or that. This time it is Canadian singer and musician, Remigio Pereira, whose ancestry hails from Maia, Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel Island, Azores. I’ve already connected to Nobel Prize winner, Craig Mello, whose ancestors were also from Maia. …
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52 Ancestors, Week 21: My Azorean Ancestor was a Soldier
Being a regular blogger makes it difficult to find topics that I haven’t already touched for weekly challenges. This week’s theme for the 52 Ancestors challenge is Military. So far, I haven’t found many ancestors who were in the military who I haven’t already expounded upon already. As I’ve recently found new information on Felicianno…
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…
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…
Why did all these children die in Maia in 1861?
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…