Re: [IslandRoutes] Re: Researching family of Joaquim Freitas. da Silva and Fa...

[PRECA...@aol.com]

Hi David:

 

I use a very good, relatively inexpensive program called "Family Tree Maker" which is produced by Ancestry.Com.  The software is about $40.00, and an annual subscription to Ancestry.Com is about $165.00.  I did get a 30-day free trial of Ancestry with the software purchase.  To me, it has been worth the investment because it shortcuts hours of painfully boring research.  Of course, I still have to do some of the manual stuff such as cemetery walk-throughs, library research, relative visits, etc.  To be successful at genealogy research, a person needs the patience of an anthropologist, the resourcefulness of an inventor and the skill of a detective.  It's a lot of work, but the rewards are unbelievably exhilarating: Like the day I opened a document and saw my great-great grandmother's application for widow's pension after the Civil War. The downside is that you may not find details on all of your ancestors.  I've been searching extensively for marriage and death documentation on my paternal great grandfather without much success.  And he lived most of his last years within 25 miles of where I now live.  As you will soon learn, most of the 1890 U.S. Census records were destroyed by fire; so a critical source of data is not available to us.  But we keep looking for alternative sources.  I'm rambling; but as you can see, I am keenly excited and motivated to keep on with my research.  Good luck to you, and happy hunting! 

 

Regards,

 

Roger Davidson    

 

In a message dated 10/8/2008 5:55:13 P.M. Central Daylight Time, ca...@pacbell.net writes:

David
I'm sorry I don't have the time right now to help you look for your family however, I'm very ill right now and getting ready to go to bed. However, here are some links to searching in Hawaii. Hope they prove useful to you:

http://ulukau.org/gsdl2.7/cgi-bin/algene
http://hawaii.gov/dags/archives/about-us/genealogical-indexes-ulukau-website
http://ulukau.org/
http://www.islandroutes.com/
http://hawaii.uscity.net/Cemeteries/
http://www.daddezio.com/cemetery/junction/CJ-HI-NDX.html
http://viehweg.org/hhg/

The first link takes you  right into the on line Hawaii State website to an online search area. You can look up everything except, as I recall, birth records, on line The others are equally as good, including islandroutes it self, which is  excellent for those researching their relatives who moved to Hawaii from the Açores.

Hope this helps you.
God Bless

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On 10/8/08 8:40 AM, "Ronnie French" <rmfr...@charter.net> wrote:

>
> David:
> I have some members of my extended family who appear to have been born in
> Sprecksville, Maui.  I'm looking for any evidence of their existence (birth,
> marriage, census, baptism, etc.) before 1900.  If you come across any
> resources, I'd sure appreciate hearing about them.
>
> To everyone:
>
> Families:  Da Costa (Costa) from Azores (Abergeldie, 1883) and Do Espirito
> Santo (Santos) from Madeira (Ravenscrag, 1879).
>
> I'm looking for:  Born at Spreckelsville, Maui, Emily/Amelia do Espirito
> Santo (Santos) and her twin brother, Manuel,  1882/3, possibly two other
> brothers, Charles, 1881, and August 1883/4.  Parents: Jose do Espirito Santo
> (Jose/Joe Santos, Sr.) and Virginia de Freitas Lopes.
>
> In addition, I cannot find the marriages of: Joao (John Santos) do Espirito
> Santos and Maria/Marie/Mary da Costa  and, Manuel da Costa and Adelelaide do
> Espirito Santo (Santos).  A brother and sister who married a brother and
> sister approximately 1895 +/-.  I don't know if they were married on Maui or
> Oahu.  They all wound up on Oahu.
>
> I have quite a bit of stuff from 1900 on, including pictures.  I'm trying to
> track them from landing in Hawaii to their births in Hawaii and/or their
> marriages.
>
> I can't find out what happened to the Da Costa parents either.
>
> Thanks for any help.
>
> Ronnie
>
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Kawika322" <oldsc...@gmail.com>
> To: "IslandRoutes" <Island...@googlegroups.com>
> Sent: Tuesday, October 07, 2008 8:45 PM
> Subject: [IslandRoutes] Researching family of Joaquim Freitas. da Silva and
> Family - Maui, Hawaii
>
>
>>
>> I have been researching my family history and was writing to see if
>> anyone had any information on Joaquim Fretias da Silva and his Family.
>> Joaquim was my grandma's uncle. He came over from Faial, Madeira on
>> the S.S. City of Paris in 1884 to Maui Hawaii (Wailuku area) with his
>> older sister Maria and Silvina, and his parents - Jose de Freitas da
>> Silva and Maria de Fretias do Nascimento.  Joaquim married Virginia
>> Gomes Jardim who was born in Paia. They had several children- David,
>> Angelina, John, Anna da Natividade and Catherina.  They might have had
>> a few other's but i am not sure. Joaquim and his family lived in
>> Spreckelsville, Maui and he worked as a Luna (Overseer) for the one of
>> the sugar cane companies.
>>
>> I have found Joaquim and his family on the 1910, 1920 and 1930 census'
>> however have not been able to find him in the 1900 census. I have a
>> fair amount of pictures of him and his family, but would really like
>> to connect with relatives as well. It would be cool to find a marriage
>> record of Joaquim and Virginia. My uncle visited some of Joaquim's
>> family in Maui back in the 1970's, so it would be good to reconnect
>> with people and be able to share information.
>>
>> Joaquim's father Jose de Freitas da Silva remarried after his first
>> wife died to Caroline Perry (Pereira) and later Caroline Langley, and
>> they moved to Sacramento, CA and had several children.
>>
>> Anyways, I would greatly appreciate any information that anyone has
>> about Joaquim and his family.
>>
>>          Thanks,
>>                  David
>>
>>>
>
>
> >

[Cliff Nye]

Hello Roger
I just wanted to take a minute to thank you myself for the help and advise you provided to David. That’s what this group is all about, helping each other, especially the new researchers, in their research. Everyone needs someone to point them in the right direction and advise on how to get started is valuable. Anyway, again, I just wanted to thank you and others for helping when you can. I am very proud of this google group and personally, think it  is the best site going for this type of research.

God Bless

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>Cliff Nye - In HIS Service  
List owner/co-administrator : http://www.groups.google.com/group/portuguese-genealogy
Member: Assoc. of Professional Genealogists.   Researching Flores: Canhoto, Jacintha, Pimentel,  Avellar(also on Corvo). In Aveiro, Portugal for Rocha. Also, Simão & Medeiros in Capelas, São Miguel.  Praying for all our troops. Member of "For The Troops". We send care packages to our troops overseas. Contact to send a Care Package .






On 10/9/08 5:25 AM, "PRECA...@aol.com" <PRECA...@aol.com> wrote: