Finding "Antone Furtado Madruga" // Contacting Cultura Acores for Records

[Antonio Henriques]

Hi everyone,

Great to see a community like this so active :)

I'm currently on a mission to find more background on my great grandfather, 

"Antone Furtado Madruga.."   I've been able to uncover quite a bit with ancestry.com and my grandmother who is 99, but were hoping to get a baptism record to strengthen my father's pathway to citizenship. 

I came across Tombo.pt as most have noted in this group, but has anyone had experience contacting them directly about retrieving records?  Is it best to do it over the phone vs email and how long is the typical response time? Is there a language barrier if I only speak english?

Separately, I would love if anyone here could potentially add any information on him. Here's what we know:

He was born near Lajes de Pico around 1872. His mother passed when he was a 3 months old and its very possible he didn't know his parents or his own age upon immigration. He arrived in 1895 when he was 23, where he dropped the "Madruga" name and was known the rest of his life as Antone Furtado Sr. He married Mary (Marian or Mariana) Furtado in 1903 in Mission Santa Clara and stayed near Campbell until his death in May 1937. He had 7 kids in all with extended family residing in San Jose, one of them being my grandmother Bernice Furtado, who was born in Campbell.    

One of his brothers, Francisco F Madruga, arrived to Suffolk, MA in 1907-1910. His wife came here in 1910 and they had two kids, Annie and Frank Furtado where they settled in the Suffolk/Boston area. 

Anything helps. Thanks all!

[Cheri Mello]

Hi Antonio,

No you don't contact Tombo.pt for records. They are just a table of contents or a portal to almost all Portuguese records. That would be like contacting Ancestry for a copy of a Massachusetts record. They don't have it. You need to write the correct repository. Since your ancestor was born in 1872 and you found his record on the CCA (by going through Tombo), you'd need to contact the archive in Angra for an 1872 record on Pico. https://bparlsr.azores.gov.pt/contactos/ Many are bilingual, but who knows who will get your request. They should give your request to someone who speaks English. I don't know how long it currently takes.

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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[Sandra Valine Dauer]

Possible Check. Lajes doPico Antonio born 28 Dec 1868 father Jose Furtado Madruga  1808 1776 mother Engracia Maria Jesus 1826 died 10 Jan 1869. This is not my family. 

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On Jun 9, 2024, at 8:19 AM, Antonio Henriques <antoniohe...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hi everyone,

[Veronica Perry]

Antonio,

I have your family as a branch in my tree.  I am related on your grandfather Andy's side .  Have you checked the website    CITCEM-GHP (uminho.pt) for a more complete listing of your ancestors?   

[Antonio Henriques]

I see thank you Cheri for clarifying. I should've mentioned through tombo I found baptism records. 

Hi Sandra, thanks for passing this along I'll definitely investigate further. Can I ask where you were able to find this info? 

[Antonio Henriques]

Thank you all so much, my grandmother will be over the moon about this!

Hi Veronica - I saw your name on my tree as well. It's nice to officially meet via email. You must be familiar with my father, Donald? He messaged you directly in an older email of yours earlier today to discuss further. Let me know if it was received

On Sun, Jun 9, 2024 at 2:33 PM JR <jmr...@gmail.com> wrote:

This is his baptism from Lajes do Pico, Island of Pico, Azores:

https://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-LJ-LAJES-B-1868-1875/PIC-LJ-LAJES-B-1868-1875_item1/index.html?page=33

Antonio, baptised, 10-Jan-1869, born, 29-Dec-1868, son of Antonio Furtado Madruga and Engracia Maria.

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Sandra & Veronica gathered the info from this site and page:

http://www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt/geneweb/gwd.exe?b=Lajes;lang=pt;p=jose+furtado;n=madruga

JR

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[JR]

Sorry about that. I deleted the message because I wrote the wrong father for Antonio. It should be Antonio son of Jose Furtado [Madruga] and Engracia Maria.
Anyway, the info is all there on the site. But you should verify in case the researchers made transcription errors.

JR

[Antonio Henriques]

Understood, something we will make note of. Thank you JR for your help 

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[Veronica Perry]

Hi Antonio,

Sent you a PM

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