Researching My Paternal Grandparents - Azevedo and Sequeira

[Sandy Griffith]

Hi everyone, I am new to the group and appreciate all of the great information.

My paternal grandfather, Manuel Silva Azevedo, is from Ribeira, Pico and came to the US at age 11 to live with his uncle Joe in CA (born Feb 23, 1888). My paternal grandmother, Marianna Sequeira is from Notre Grande, Sao Jorge (born 1889); census record shows she also came over to the US around age 11. They met in Marin County, CA and married in 1911, having 10 children including the youngest, my father (Marianna died in childbirth with my father in 1924; my grandfather Manuel died in 1960). The 1920 and 1930 federal US census shows Uncle Joe Azevedo living the family.

I welcome any tips/information for further research (I am on Ancestry but have hit a dead end); I know virtually nothing about either of them—who their parents were, potential siblings (family story that my grandfather had a younger sister who stayed in Pico with their mother), etc. Three of four of my maternal grandparents are from Sao Jorge (Calheta), but I know much more about those lines (Vasconcelos, Valim, Bronco and also an Azevedo!). Also unfortunately I do not speak or read Portugese. Thanks! Sandy

[Cheri Mello]

Hi Sandy G,

The Azorean Government digitized their records and they are housed on a government web site, called Centro do Conhecimento dos Acores, but we just call it the CCA. It's in Portuguese. Luckily, someone created a navigation site for the CCA and it's in English. It's Tombo.pt. The English version is here:

https://tombo.pt/en

The navigation is in the left pane. You can scroll down, click on Azores, then the island (Pico or Sao Jorge), the the council, then the freguesia (village). Or just type the freguesia in the search box at the top of the left column.

There is no Ribeira on Pico. There's a Ribeiras, so you want to type that into the search box. You have Norte Grande spelled correctly.

You'll also want to cross reference with the Azores GenWeb to see what indices exist (if any) for your freguesias: http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/ Point at: Maps, Database, Indexes.  Then you'll need this to learn to bumble your way through the Portuguese. The documents follow a format:

http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/research-aids-a---l/finding-your-portuguese/finding-your-portuguese-9/

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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[Lisa Harley]

Hi Sandy,

I will email you directly but your  Manual is very likely related to my Azevedo family from Ribeirnha, Pico.

I would be happy to work with you on it.

Lisa Caetano Parkin