Genealogists researching in the whole state, of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil:

Celso de Castro Machado, Estrada Marechal Miguel Salazar Mendes de Moraes 649 bloco 14 ap.204, Taquara, CEP: 22770-330, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Email: ccm@cenpes.petrobras.com.br
Date submitted: Wed, 16 Aug 2000
Comments: Tenho curiosidade a respeito do nome da minha familia e acharia muito interessante encontrar um parente distante.

Marlos Lopes Carapeto, (no address submitted) Espírito Santo, Brasil
Tel: +55 27 3345 0089
Email: marlos@suporte.net,    pin.head@uol.com.br
Date submitted: Thu, 19 Jul 2001
Surname: Carapeto
Comments: Atualmente vivo no Espírito Santo, mas minha família é do Rio de Janeiro, temos outros Carapetos, no Rio Grande do Sul, São Paulo e Rio Grande do Norte. Procuro informações sobre a família Carapeto em Portugal e no resto do mundo. Sei que existem muitas pessoas desta família em Portugal, na Espanha, no Brasil, na Austrália e nos EUA. Qualquer informação será muito útil! Obrigado.

Carlos Eduardo Monteiro de Barros, Rio de Janeiro, R.J., Brasil
Email: carloseduardo@monteirodebarros.qsl.br
Date submitted: Tue, 12 Aug 2003
Surnames: Monteiro de Barros ( RS, RJ, MG), Abreu e Silva (BA, RS, RJ), Bittencourt (RS, BA) Berenguer Cézar (BA, RS), Ferreira França ( MG, RJ), Marinho (Região dos Lagos - RJ), Ennes
Comments: Estou no Rio de Janeiro. Sou descendente de Pero Berenguer de Leminhana. Aqui no Brasil, Bittencourt Berenguer Cezar, hija de Diogo Bittencourt Berenguer Cezar, hijo de Agostinho Berenguer Cezar.

Reed F. Curry, R.R. #2 Box 468, Temple, N.H. 03084, USA
Email: rcurry@ttlc.net
Date submitted: Wed, 08 Dec 1999
Lugar: Pico
Surnames: Bettencourt, de Silveira
Comments: Joseph Bettencourt m. Leonore de Silveira in New Bedford, approx. 1922. Leonore born Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, died Pico, Azores, 1955; Joseph born Pico, Azores.

Genealogists researching in Campos, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil:

Kathleen de Azevedo Feinblum, 171 Maynard Street, San Francisco, CA 94112, USA
Tel: (415) 337-7890
Email: azevedo@pacific.cnchost.com
City: Campos, Rio de Janeiro
Date submitted: Mon, 03 Aug 1998
Surnames: Martins, Faria, de Azevedo, Peixoto
Comments: My grandmother's (Silvana Faria Martins) father, Carlos Morreira Martins ran a textile mill (fabrica de tecelagem) in Campos. He married Amelia Faria. My grandfather's (Floriano Peixoto de Azevedo) father's name was Ippolito de Azevedo. Pode escrever em portuguese ou ingles. Infelizamente, os acentos nao funciona bem.

Rafael Miranda da Silva, (no address submitted) Volta Redonda, RJ, Brazil
Tel: +55 24 33473172
Email: kadoshi.rj@ig.com.br
Date submitted: Tue, 30 Apr 2002
State: Rio de Janeiro
Surnames: Dutra, Marques, Miranda, Quintania
Comments: Meus ascendentes maternos, até onde conheço, são provenientes da Região dos Lagos e Campos, RJ. Meus tataravós se chamavam JOAQUINA MARQUES e MAXIMILIANO MARQUES, que tiveram uma filha chamada FLORIZA MARQUES. Meus outros tataravós se chamavam MARIA QUINTANIA DA SILVA e CARLOS ALEXANDRE DA SILVA, que tiveram um filho chamado ANTÔNIO ALEXANDRE DA SILVA. Posteriormente se mudaram para Minas Gerais, precisamente na região de Presidente Soares. Se você contém algum dos sobrenomes acima ou conhece alguma família, principalmente que sejam destas regiões, por favor entre em contato comigo. Obrigado.

Genealogists researching in Ipabisa, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil:

Joaquim Avila, San Jose, California, 95123
Email: JTR@ntcom (invalid address)
Date submitted: before 1998
Surname: Silva
Comments:

Genealogists researching in Niteroi, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil:

Doug da Rocha Holmes, 1035 Starbrook Drive, Galt, CA 95632, USA
Tel.: (209)744-8099
Email:
Website: http://www.dholmes.com/
Date submitted: Mon, 5 Jan 2004
Surnames: Gonçalves Luis, Rocha Homem
Comments: Izabel Victorina Gonçalves Luis, died there in 1871, wife of Francisco da Rocha Homem who died there after 1871, both of yellow fever. Both were natives of São Bento, Terceira, Açores. Other relatives lived there and I would love to learn of them.

Genealogists researching in Parati, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil:

Ricardo Teles Araujo, Av. Marechal Henrique Lott, 70/1504, Barra da Tijuca, Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brasil, 22631-370
Email: teles@sermat.petrobras.com.br
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Ayres da Gamma, Pereira da Cruz
Comments: Ayres da Gamma (comes from Jose Ayres da Gamma, born in 1794, in Madeira Island; Pereira da Cruz (comes from Manoel José de Souza, who was born in the city of Porto, about 1745. He was exposed in the Porto wheel (Roda do Porto). In Brazil and Portugal babies rejected or abandonned were called "expostos". Many exposed babies were in fact not abandonned: they were son or daughter of a single woman from an important family, that used to expose her child at the parents house. For example, the duchess of Goias, daughter of my aunt Domitilla and Peter the second, was exposed at the house of Colonel João de Castro do Canto e Mello (her grandfather).

Genealogists researching in the city of Rio de Janeiro, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil:

Suzana Bastos Vieira, Rua Dr. Jairo de Mattos Pereira, 204 Vila Velha, ES, Brasil
Tel.: +55+27+2293824
Date submitted: before 1998
Email: suza@tropical.com.br
Surnames: da Motta Barros, Faria.

Francisco Antonio Doria, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Email: doria_gen@yahoo.com.br
Website: http://doria.genealogias.org
Date submitted: before 1998
Surname: Doria
Comments: I'm the heir to twelve generations of sugar mill owners ("senhores de engenho").

Felipe Iachan, Rio de Janeiro, Brasil
Email: saraiac@ax.apc.org
Date submitted: before 1998
Surnames: Iachan, Saraiva, Guimarães, Passos, Cherman
Comments:

Wendy Marie Coelho, 922 Fannin #110, Denton, Tx 76201
Tel.: 940-484-2929
Email: Vebensberg@aol.com
Date submitted: Wed, 23 Sep 1998
Surnames: Sousa, Coelho, Botelho
Comments: My name is Wendy Marie Coelho, born in Providence, Ri 7-11-65. Parents: Jao Alberto Coelho and Janice Ann Botelho. My family on my maternal and paternal sides come primarily from Tecieira, Azores and my grandfather was a merchant marine whose family relocated to Rio De Janerio when he was a teenager otherwise to the best of my knowledge the Coelho side came strictly from the Azores. I have very few living relatives in the U.S. to help narrow my search so any information or suggestions that you have please call or email me.

Jean-Marc Correa de Brito, Borgoumont, La Gleize, Belgium, B 4987
Tel: +32 80 785653, Fax: +32 4 3447863
Email: Koemoth@swing.be
Date submitted: Thu, 18 Nov 1999
Surnames: Correa de Brito, de Campos Pio
Comments : my paternal grandfather - Mario Pio Correa de Brito was born in Rio de Janeiro August 28, 1882. Died in March 1933 in Pernambuco(?). His father (christian name= "Jacquil") died in London before 1926 and his mother (family name="de Campos Pio") in Lisboa after 19226. He had one unmarried brother in London, two sisters, another brother and his mother in Lisboa. Ten cousins in Portugal. He was 1° married in Rio (?) with ?. Wiwowed he 2° married in Berlin (Germany) with Charlotte H. G. Braunsdorf. More information, please?

Mike McCormack, 16 Briarwood Drive, New Bedford, Massachusetts, USA 02745
Tel.: 508-998-1218
Email: mikemcc@ma.ultranet.com
Date submitted: Mon, 21 Feb 2000
Surnames: CARVALHO VALENTIM
Comments: I am looking for connections to Maria CARVALHO VALENTIM (born Terceria abt. 1889) who traveled abt. 1891 we believe to Providence, Rhode Island, USA with her mother Maria CARVALHO. We believe her mother was not married to the father, John VALENTIM, who was reputed to be a famous doctor in Rio de Janeiro and had two sons that went through the Lisbon Naval Academy. No clues as to town or parish.

Alan Dixon, 49, Chatburn Road, Clitheroe, Lancashire BB7.2AW, England
Email: alan@dixon0197.freeserve.co.uk
Date submitted: Tue, 15 Aug 2000
Names: DOWNHAM, Godfrey
Comments: Godfrey Downham was my wife's uncle. He was born 22 Jan 1899, served in submarines with the British Royal Navy during the first world war and was sunk on two occasions. Later, he lived and worked in Rio de Janeiro subsequently dying of tuberculosis and was buried there in 1935. Can anyone please advise me on how to begin finding record of his work, the location of his grave and his exact date of death. Any help at all would be most gratefully received.

Jennifer da Silva, (no address submitted)
Email: JdSGenealogy@yahoo.com
Date submitted: Tue, 13 Jul 2004
Surnames: Dias, das Neves
Comments: I have an identification card for my husband's grandfather - Manuel Miguel Dias. He is the son of Miguel Antonio Dias and Martina Emília das Neves. He was born in Santo Antão de Cabo Verde (Cape Verde) on April 03, 1906. His profession is listed as laborer. He emigrated to Rio de Janeiro, Brazil at some point after 1920. His wife's name was Alexandrina. He had 6 daughters: Marly, Zuleika, Jessy, Ivone, Maria Helena, Marlene. Any help in learning more about this family or how to research in Cape Verde would be greatly appreciated. (My husband speaks Portuguese, but I do not).

Lionel Mackenzie Tigh na Hath, Dulnain Bridge, Moray Ph26 3Nu UK
Tel. and Fax: 44(0)1479 851266
E-mail: donnaie@aol.com
Date submitted: Sun, 7 Nov 2004
Comments: My Grandfather Peter Alexander Cameron Mackenzie Count de Serra Largo married Anezia Augusta do Amaral daughter of Jose Maria do Amaral, Merchant of Para and and Lisbon in 1886. He was Managing Director of Singer Sewing Machine Company Brazil and lived at 169 Larangeiras Rio de Janeiro. I seek information on other descendants of Jose Maria do Amaral. Please reply in English.

Genealogists researching in Volta Redonda, State of Rio de Janeiro, Brasil:

Rosalia C. Almeida Cunha, (no address submitted)
Email: soufina@hotmail.com
Date submitted: Sat, 29 Jun 2002
Comments: Hi, my name is Rosalia and I know my great grand parents came from Portugal to Brazil by the end of the 19th century or beginning of the 20th century, but I only know their names and their parents names. Would it be possible to find out something about them? My grand father's name was : Geraldo Correa de Almeida , son of Joaquim Coelho de Oliveira and Joaquina Umbelina de Almeida. My great grand father was: Joaquim Coelho de Oliveira, son of Manuel Luis Coelho and Maria Luiza Coelho. My great grand mother was: Joaquina Umbelina de Almeida and her parents were Jose Pedro Ribeiro and Maria Thereza de Almeida. My grandfather was born in Brazil in July 25, 1905 in a city called Lima Duarte (state of Minas Gerais) and the above mentioned information was taken from his birth certificate. I have nothing else about my great grand parents, I only know they died in Brazil between 1905 and 1942 in Lima Duarte, Juiz de Fora (Minas Gerais) or in Volta Redonda (state of Rio de Janeiro). If you have any idea to help me find out anything about this people, please let me know. thanks a lot.