Do you have Portuguese ancestors? [closed]

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If you have Portuguese ancestors then the Portugal Project might be just what you are looking for. Check out the free-space page for details, and if interested in joining please answer this post below. Please don't comment as it becomes difficult to track who we have responded to.

Thanks!

Mindy Silva ~ Portugal Project Leader

WikiTree page: Portugal Project

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My grandmother was Belinda Costa Rogers, born in Hawaii in 1896 to Victorino Costa and Rosa da Trinidade. As nearly as I've been able to determine, my great grandparents emigrated from Madeira to Hawaii. My grandmother and her family were all part of the Portuguese community in Honolulu. And I at one time possessed copies of baptismal certificates of my grandmother and her siblings, but they were lost in a move (my husband was in the Air Force, so we moved frequently).

I am anxious to learn more about mu Portuguese heritage.

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We'd love to have you join us, Laurie! Can you add your info as an answer instead of a comment so that we can track it? Thanks!!

Some of my grandparents went from Madeira to Hawaii also!

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Hi, my name is Tiina and im from Finland. I'm interested in the project because part of my DNA is from Portugal. I don't know, and I'd like to learn more. Thank you

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Hi Tina. Can you answer on the active post so we can track you? Thanks!

I'd love to help you learn more about researching your Portuguese ancestors!!

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Please see the current post for the Portuguese Project sign up.

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Estou em busca de somar a uma única árvore genealógica onde todos nos entrelaçamos e estou na árdua tarefa de contar através de meus descendentes a história de nossa família para minha filha. Até onde sei a história começa no eixo Itália - Portugal - Espanha. Criei perfis nos principais sites de genealogia e constantemente atualizo meu GEDCOM. Obrigado!

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I have one great-grandparent from Aveiro, and another from Viseu. I'm also 25% Colonial Brazilian, which grants me some more Portuguese ancestry, largely from the Azores and from Minho.

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Hi Thais! It looks like you are getting your branches filled out nicely! If you would like to join the Portuguese Project just message me and I'll get you started. 

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I'm sending you that info now Thais. Welcome!

Answer 2

Hi, I've just started doing genealogy so I'm still learning the ropes, but I'd love to be a part of the Portugal Project. I have grandparents that come from the Highwater Parish of Vila Franca Do Campo, Azores as well as at least one other island in the Azores. I also have family that came from Cape Verde Islands (Pina) that intermarried with the Fontes family. I'm hoping to expand on the Fontes line. I'm looking at joining the Azores part of this project and will do anything I can to help it along. Thank you for considering me.

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Welcome Valora! I'm going to send you a private message with more information. I'm looking forward to working with you!

Mindy

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Thank you for adding me to your group. I’m looking forward to participating.

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We're excited to have you, Valora!

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Hi, Team :)

My ancestors were conquistadors and nobreza living in the Canary Islands in 1550

But they hail from Braga and Baixo Alentejo in Portugal 1490 to 1530

I have no idea though how to search for births and marriages in Portugal

?Can someone help please?

Veronika calling...

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Hello Veronika!

All levels of experience are welcome. I will send you a PM with further information. Welcome to the group.

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Olá Mindy, I've been researching my family history and would love some help/resources. I'm a first generation Portuguese American, my family is from Braga. Excited to join the Portuguese Project. I'm fluent in Portuguese so if anyone needs any translations I can help (as long as the handwriting isn't a bagunça  )

Obrigado!,
Pedro

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Olá Pedro! I'm glad you found us here on WikiTree. In order to work with a project you will need to upgrade (it's free) to the Family Member level. You can do this at any time by adding your genealogy communication preferences.

 Help:Membership explains our membership. 

Let me know if you have any questions! Once you are a Member I can send you more information about our project.

Mindy Silva

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I don't have the knowledge or extra time to join the Portuguese project, but I could use some help. My husband had a Portuguese grandmother, and I am trying to work on her line, with no experience as yet. Her parent immigrated from the Azores; they married in this country in the early 1900's, and I'm trying to find their parents in the Azores, but have no information but their names and islands.

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Alison, can you email me a link to her profile if it is on WikiTree? I can post and ask for help in the group. I also do personal research to get people started.

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Thank you!

https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Sequeira-81

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Hey,

Found this website in an attempt to find a free and open-sourced alternative to other genealogy websites. 

I'm a 26 year-old masters student in Paleobiology, currently about to go live in Lille, France to further my studies.

I am Portuguese with my father's side coming from Vila Real and with my mother's side from Algarve. In the short-term I'm planing to contribute info up to my great-grandparents, though a long-term objective is to got beyond that (I will need to start researching on paleography ).

I would like to join your project too.

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Great to see more biologists join! Bem-vindo!

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Thank you Michel!

By the way, does anyone know the proper way to document Portuguese surnames on the website? Portuguese (and Spanish) naming conventions don't have a family name, in contrast to the rest of Europe, and instead each person takes a surname from their father and mother for their last names. In Portuguese people the majority of names follow "mother's last surname" + "father's last surname", though the reverse is also permitted. This usually means the father's last surname is the one that gets passed across multiple generations. In any case, I've been placing in "Current Last Name" the last surname and in "Other Last Name(s)" the first surname, is that the correct procedure?

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There is a nice conversation here https://www.wikitree.com/g2g/1089353/how-to-catagorize-this-portuguese-name

and I guess you should checkout https://www.wikitree.com/wiki/Project:Portugal

Every country has their own differences from the US naming (which is kindof hard programmed into Wikitree), so it is best to check the conventions.

PS: I am not a member of the Portugal project, so I hope a leader will step in still.

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Welcome to WikiTree, Marcos! I'll send you some information to get you started in the project. We are always happy to add new researchers to our group. 

For the naming conventions, you can look at this page. They don't really fit into WikiTree fields like they should, but it will show you how to add them so you don't create errors. 

Answer 8

Hi there - 64% Portuguese here, a descendant from the Azorean families who migrated to Brazil around 1750. I would love to join the group. Thanks!

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Hi Karina, welcome to the project! I'm going to send you a private message with some info, and so that I can get your email. I'm looking forward to working with you!

Answer 9

Yes, I would like to join all my ancestors are from Portugal with some from Spain.

Thanks,

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Hello Eneida! Welcome to the project! If you can send me your email I will add you to the project pages. I hope that you find many cousins here. Where in Portugal are your ancestors from?

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Hi Mindy.  My email is eneida.rbp@.  Thanks!

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Hi Eneida,

I'm still going through my mail this morning. I'm so sorry I missed that notification! Welcome again to the Project!

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One more porkchop just showed up to this matança, hahaha! My father was born on Santa Maria and emigrated to the U.S. when he was 14; I spent a lot of time with his parents when I was growing up and as the oldest grandchild was the only one to pick up a bit of the language from them.

As the years toil on I miss them even more, and wish I had someone around to exercise the vocabulary with. I keep wanting to invest more energy into WikiTree and having recently pared down my activity with a few other projects that were becoming less rewarding, this seemed like a good time to pop my head in here. If you could use an extra set of hands/eyes/fingers that know how to code, I'd enjoy the chance to participate.

Warmly,

Peter

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Hello Peter, 

We would love to have you in the project! If you could respond to this from your email so that it goes to me, I can add you to your pages. My paternal great-grandmother was born in Hawai'i but her ancestors are from São Miguel. I look forward to working with you!

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I just saw your page request, so I have your email after all 

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Hello, Mindy! I have several Portuguese ancestors and would love to join this project. Thank you!

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Welcome Adora!

Answer 12

From Guarda region

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Welcome Sebastião

Answer 13

Yes.  My father's family is completely from Portugal proper.  My grandmother was from Vila Ruiva, Fornos de Algadores, Guarda.  My grandfather was from Freixo de Espada a Cinta, Braganca.  I've been delighted this week to find many of the baptism, marriage and death records for Vila Ruiva are digitized.  I will admit though it's tough to puzzle out the hand writing with my rudimentary Portuguese.

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Welcome K

Answer 14

Most definiely! I am struggling with my Nunes Henriques ancestry and could use some help.  I am interested in posting my GED file but still doing some housekeeping first.

My father's family was exiled from Portugal after the Inquisition and settled in Jamaica, then on to the US; primarily in New Orleans and NY.

Look forward to working with youu all!

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Welcome Bill