Great grandparents

[suzanne grant]

Hi

My great grand parents were married in Rio de janerio brazil.  They are originally from Santa miguel lomba.  How do I find out this information and there marriage certificate.  Is there a way to find out if my grandmother ever went to brazil also.

[Cheri Mello]

Hi Suzanne,

Genealogy needs 3 things: A name, dates, and places. I see no name or dates above. As for "Santa Miguel Lomba," no such place exists in the Azores. Maybe you can look at your notes or the source of "Santa Miguel Lomba" and post again.

Thanks, 

Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada

On Thu, Feb 26, 2026 at 9:06 AM suzanne grant <suzanne...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi

My great grand parents were married in Rio de janerio brazil.  They are originally from Santa miguel lomba.  How do I find out this information and there marriage certificate.  Is there a way to find out if my grandmother ever went to brazil also.

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[Philippe GARNIER]

Hi Suzanne, 

There is several Lomba in São Miguel Island. Are you be able to have more precision ?

Abraços

Philippe GARNIER

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[suzanne grant]

Maria da paixao Furtado married  Manuel de melo da sausage in Rio de janeiro

They were from  lomba de Santa

 barabara 

They are my great grand parents

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[suzanne grant]

My grand mother is maria da conceicao melo above born 1888 in lomba de Santa barbara

[Cheri Mello]

Hi Suzanne, 

Your last post referred to a Maria da Conceição of Santa Barbara in the council of Ribeira Grande on São Miguel island. Santa Barbara has been digitized and uploaded up to the year 1905. You can see those records here: https://tombo.pt/f/rbg12

For Maria's marriage that occurred after 1911 (21 Oct 1912), you need to write to the Civil Registry of Ribeira Grande. 

https://arquivos.azores.gov.pt/descriptions/1024373

Right now, I'm getting that blocked page thing that happens with the Azores government website from time to time. Hopefully it will clear up and you can email them.

Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada

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[suzanne grant]

Thank you cheri.

  Do you know how I would get any information about there marriage in brazil?  Also wondering how long they might have been there also?

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[Cheri Mello]

Hi Suzanne,

This list is about the Azores, so I have no idea about Brazil. We have some Brazilians on this list, so maybe they know. Isabela Baltar has a research blog too:

https://myportuguesegen.blogspot.com/p/researching-in-brazil_4.html

Good luck,

Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada

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[Richard Francis Pimentel]

Suzanne,  I had to verify a church record in Brazil and I found if I went to Family Search I could find the records there.  and was able to find what I was looking for.  They had copied the records like they did in the Acores.

Richard Francis Pimentel

Lee, NH 

Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha, Achada Grande,  Bretanha, and Ponta Delgada,  Sao Miguel, Acores

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[Boyd McKee Kitchen]

Suzanne, 

I did a search on FamilySearch for the marriage in Rio de Janeiro and didn't find it but I found some records that might be helpful.

Possible records for this family from FamilySearch:

Baptism of daughter, Maria, born 4 Nov 1899: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSXY-8S9L?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6NRY-B82Q&action=view&cc=4449047&lang=en&groupId=

Death of daughter, Maria, age 5 months, died 5 Apr 1898: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSXY-83TN?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6BZB-71T7&action=view&cc=4449047&lang=en&groupId=

Baptism of son, Augusto, born 24 Aug 1899: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSXY-8S3R?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6NRY-DWDB&action=view&cc=4449047&lang=en&groupId=

Death of 1 year old son, Antonio, died 24 June 1904: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSXY-DS8?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6BZB-333D&action=view&cc=4449047&lang=en&groupId=

Baptism of daughter, Adelina, born 21 Mar 1905: https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3Q9M-CSXY-8S8Z?view=index&personArk=%2Fark%3A%2F61903%2F1%3A1%3A6NRR-N7FB&action=view&cc=4449047&lang=en&groupId=

Boyd

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[suzanne grant]

Thank you.  

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[Bill Seidler]

There was a Maria da Paixão, 17 years old, single, a Portuguese from São Miguel island that arrived in Rio on 30 Nov 1879.  This is from this database: https://bases.an.gov.br/rv/Menu_Externo/.  A PDF image is attached.

I found this baptism 17 years prior for Maria, daughter of Antonio Furtado and Margarida Isabel.  This matches the age for the Maria da Paixão that arrived in Rio in 1879 and the parent's names for her that you provided in your screenshot of the João Luís Tavares Silva tree from Genenet.

https://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-LOMBASTBARBARA-B-1860-1869/SMG-RG-LOMBASTBARBARA-B-1860-1869_item1/index.html?page=52

Bill Seidler

[Genivaldo Gueiros]

Ancestry has a massive collection of Rio de Janeiro marriage records (1870–2012). FamilySearch has them too, but due to Brazil’s data protection laws, many records—even those over 100 years old—are currently locked and inaccessible to the public.

[Cíntia Santos]

Hi, Suzanne!

How are you? I live in Brazil, and I am also researching my family history. "Furtado" and "Costa" are some of the surnames I have been researching on. 

Have you taken a DNA test? I have a GEDMatch kit, if you want to compare.

The church they got married seems to be outside the capital, it is probably in Itatiaia, state of Rio de Janeiro: https://wanderlog.com/place/details/16633810/igreja-matriz-s%C3%A3o-jos%C3%A9#:~:text=Nestled%20in%20the%20charming%20town%20of%20Itatiaia%2C,spiritual%20haven%20for%20locals%20and%20visitors%20alike.

Do you speak Portuguese? I could point you out to some Facebook groups on genealogy from this region.

- Cíntia Santos

Em qui., 26 de fev. de 2026, 14:06, suzanne grant <suzanne...@gmail.com> escreveu:

Hi

My great grand parents were married in Rio de janerio brazil.  They are originally from Santa miguel lomba.  How do I find out this information and there marriage certificate.  Is there a way to find out if my grandmother ever went to brazil also.

[Admin Desk]

Hi Cintia,

Are you on Ancestry (as Christy Santos)? I share 43cm with her.

And what is your Gedmatch number please?

Thank you 

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[Mary Andrews]

Hey Mark, Mary Andrews, I have 49 DNA matches on Ancestry to Santos last name, and this is my Gedcom number (FG1443893) . I don't know how to look up names on ged, still trying to get started on learning the DNA matches. Can you see if we have any matches? Thanks 

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[Admin Desk]

Hi Mary,

Thank you for your message.

I’ve checked both Ancestry and Gedmatch and as far as I can see we don’t have any shared DNA unfortunately.

I’m not that hot on Gedmatch but here is my number just in case:

PK6619975.

Thank you 

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