Tuesday, April 9, 2013

Genealogy and Genealogists from Terceira Island

While in Azores I had the opportunity to meet some local genealogists. It was a great occasion to learn from all of them and see their working methods.  That has shed new lights in my research, and in the way I have been working.

One of them was Mr. Jorge Forjaz, here he appears with me on the photo, at the main reading room of Biblioteca Publica  and Arquivo Regional of Angra do Heroismo.  On the shelves behind us, is the set of books Genealogias da Ilha Terceira. Mr. Forjaz is one of its authors, besides Mr. Antonio Ornelas Mendes.

Mr. Forjaz and I talked several times, at the library, about my family. I shared with him some new information of those mine relatives that emigrated, in the middle 1800’s, from Azores to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, and about the new family they build there. To confirm all the dates, I also shared relevant documentation, including birth, marriage and death certificates, as well as newspapers information that I have. On the other side, he shared with me his research he has done on my Drummond’s family, as well as on my Oliveira Jacques. That had a great impact on the development of my genealogy that is now in the middle of 1500’s.

By the end, we found out that we are distant cousin! What a small word. This just confirms what another genealogist from the island told me: “…in Terceira, everybody is part of our family.”

Author of numerous publications on Portuguese genealogy around the world, Mr. Forjaz list of books is as follow:

1.     Algumas considerações em torno da expulsão dos jesuítas da Ilha Terceira, Angra,  I.A.C., 1973, 14p.

2.     Carta de brazão de armas (XXI), Angra, B.I.H.I.T., 1977, 24 p.

3.     História e Técnica da Gravura Artística (Bibliografia analítica), Angra, I.H.I.T., 1977, 200 p.

4.     As Casas de Luís Meireles, Angra, I.A.C., 1978, 24 p.

5.     Repensar Portugal, «Atlântida», 1978, p.115-118.

6.     O inventário dos bens de Francisco de Ornelas da Câmara, Angra, I.A.C., 1979, 12 p.

7.     A família de Vitorino Nemésio, Angra, I.A.C., 1979, 58 p.

8.     O Solar de Nossa Senhora dos Remédios (Canto e Castro), Angra, I.H.I.T., 1ª edição 1979, 210, il.; 2ª edição, I.H.I.T., 1996, 230 p., il., enc.

9.     Carta de Brazão de Armas XIV (O morgado dos Amarais em Elvas), Angra, I.H.I.T., 1980, 55 p.

10.  Angra, uma cidade a recuperar ou de como pela batalha da Salga se chega a uma teoria sobre a recuperação da cidade de Angra, «Atlântida», 1981, 15 p.

11.  Novos elementos para o conhecimento da revolução de 1828 na ilha Terceira, Angra, I.H.I.T., 1982, 20 p.

12.  Angra do Heroísmo,«À Descoberta dos Açores», Lisboa, ed. Selecções do Reader’s Digest, 1982.

13.  12.Cartas de dadas do séc. XV na ilha Terceira, Angra, I.H.I.T., 1983, 11 p.

14.  Seis cartas de desespero (Um caso de falência social no séc. XIX angrense), Angra, I.A.C., 1985, 7 p.

15.  40 pistolas da colecção do Museu (sécs. XVII a XX) (organização, prefácio e notas), Museu de Angra do Heroísmo, 1985, 56 p.

16.  Exposição Comemorativa dos 450 anos da Diocese de Angra, (organização, prefácio e notas), Museu de Angra do Heroísmo, 1985, 34 p.

17.  16.Cartas políticas de Eduardo Abreu para o Visconde das Mercês, Angra, I.H.I.T., 1987, 42 p.

18.  O diário quinhentista de João Dias do Carvalhal e sua família, Angra, I.H.I.T., 1987, 28 p.

19.  Os Monjardinos - Uma família genovesa em Portugal, Açôres e Brasil, Angra, ed. do autor, 1987, 270 p.

20.  Carta dos Açores, Revista «Oceanos», Comissão Nacional dos Descobrimentos, nº 1, Junho, 1989, p. 99-101

21.  Uma varonia real (capetíngia) em Macau, «Revista de Cultura», Macau, Instituto Cultural de Macau, , nº 23 (II Série), Abril/Junho 1995, p. 34-46; versão chinesa no nº 22, de Janeiro/Março 1995, p. 174-187.

22.  Famílias Macaenses, Macau, Fundação Oriente, 1996, 3 vols, 1114 p.+ 1100 p. + 1087 p., il.

23.  Os Teixeira de Sampaio da ilha Terceira, Porto, Universidade Moderna, Centro de Estudos de História da Família, 2001, 601 p., il.

24.  Cândido Pamplona Forjaz . Centenário do nascimento, Angra do Heroísmo, Ed. da Família, 2001,

25.  Correspondência para o Dr. Eduardo Abreu - Do Ultimato à Assembleia Nacional Constituinte - 1890-1912, Lisboa, Academia Portuguesa da História, 2002, 680 p. il.

26.  Os Luso-descendentes da Índia Portuguesa, Lisboa, Fundação Oriente, 2003, 3 vols., 811p.+889 p.+1015p., il.

27.  Os Colaço – Uma família portuguesa em Tânger. Seguido de «Memórias Tangerinas» de Alexandre Rey Colaço, Lisboa, Ed. Guarda-Mor, 2004, 221 p.

28. De Mazagão a Damão (De Azevedo Coutinho a Correia da Cunha),

29. Cunhas na Índia. De Tristão da Cunha, o da Ilha, a Miguel Carlos, fino fidalgo luso

30.  Genealogias da Ilha Terceira, Lisboa, Dislivro Histórica, 2007, 10 vols (em co-autoria com António Ornelas Mendes)

31.  «Emigrados na ilha Terceira (1828-1832) – Notas Genealógicas», Revista Dislivro Histórica, Lisboa, Dislivro Histórica, nº 1, 2008, pp.239-313.

32. Genealogias das Quatro Ilhas (Pico, Faial, Flores e Corvo), Lisboa, Dislivro Histórica, 2009, 4 vols. (em co-autoria com António Ornelas Mendes)

33. Famílias Portuguesas de Ceuta, Ceuta, Archivo General, 2011, 457 p.

34. Genealogias de São Tomé e Príncipe - Subsídios, Lisboa, Dislivro Histórica, 2011, 750 p.

35. «Os parentes brasileiros de Bernardino Machado», Atlântida, IAC, 2011.

36. Mercês Honoríficas do Século XX (1900-1910), Lisboa, Guarda-Mor, 2012, 632 p.

7 comments:

  1. Hello, I enjoyed your blog. I'm first-generation American. My mom is a Ferreira Drummond from São Sebastião. Have you heard of Peter "Pedro" Francisco?

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    1. Hi, it is good to hear from someone that is also a Ferreira Drummond! I would love to know who is your mother and from whom she is a descendent. Please email me with her information, if you want to share.

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  2. Hi, came across your blog and wondered if you might head me in the right direction. Looking up older family history concerning my great grandfather, Joao F. Fidalgo born in 1854 in the Azores. We always were told he and his wife Concepta, born 1856, were from Flores? 1910 census records list them from the Azores and nothing more. Any tips on where to start?

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    1. Hello Bill,
      Did you researched other census previous to the 1910? Try searching them to find out when then probably arrived in USA. Then I would search the immigration records, such as the Ellis Island database. It is also possible to search the birth records in Flores as you have the birth date. Let me know if you find something or need some help. Thank you for visiting my blog. Isabella myportuguesegen at gmail dot com

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