Antonio Ferreira (1858-?) Ponta Delgado - Sao Miguel

[Daryn]

Hello Everyone!

I am doing research into my early Ferreira relatives, and I think I have a good base up to my x3 great grandfather Antonio Ferreira (born in 1858 (in Ginetes - Ponta Delgado - Sao Miguel). I believe he is my x3 great grandfather, I know a lot of early records sometimes combine one or more people together. His son, Jose 'Joseph' Ferreira (1874-1937) immigrated to the US with his wife Theresa Rapoza (1874-1923) who had a son named Manuel (1907-1961). His son, Roger is my grandfather. My father and grandfather have been dead for over 20 years so getting any information about his side of the family can be tricky from 1st person sources. I've tried using https://tombo.pt/en to find source documents, but does anyone by chance have tips into deep diving ancestry research on the Azores?

[Cheri Mello]

Hi Daryn,

The only records that we have to research are the Catholic records that you can access through Tombo.pt. Once you find your ancestor, it will state the parents (and the grandparents are listed on the baptisms from about 1860-1911). You just follow the paper trail back in time. You keep going until you run out of records or hit a pais (or pais) incognito.

No, the priest did not combine people together in the records. Your Jose Ferreira, married to Thereza Rapoza, had a Manuel. When Manuel was presented for baptism, the godparents also vouched that the parents named were indeed the parents. The priest didn't make up a different couple to be the parents of Manuel. Now RESEARCHERS (genealogists) can make errors when researching their families and can mix people up. But the priests and scribes didn't do that in the records. Hope that makes sense.

Happy hunting,

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

On Sat, Apr 4, 2026 at 8:18 AM Daryn <dary...@gmail.com> wrote:

Hello Everyone!

I am doing research into my early Ferreira relatives, and I think I have a good base up to my x3 great grandfather Antonio Ferreira (born in 1858 (in Ginetes - Ponta Delgado - Sao Miguel). I believe he is my x3 great grandfather, I know a lot of early records sometimes combine one or more people together. His son, Jose 'Joseph' Ferreira (1874-1937) immigrated to the US with his wife Theresa Rapoza (1874-1923) who had a son named Manuel (1907-1961). His son, Roger is my grandfather. My father and grandfather have been dead for over 20 years so getting any information about his side of the family can be tricky from 1st person sources. I've tried using https://tombo.pt/en to find source documents, but does anyone by chance have tips into deep diving ancestry research on the Azores?

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