Lionel Rocha Holmes
Memorial DNA Fund

This website was created with the Portuguese genealogist in mind. 
It is for anyone and everyone whose passion has become the search for their Portuguese ancestry 
no matter where they came from in the former Portuguese territories. 
Many projects are underway which will be of great interest to anyone concerned with this field of study.
Check back from time to time to see the new developments.

 

DNA CONNECTION DOCUMENTS

Discover how you connect
to others by DNA


Genealogy & DNA
Workshops


Portuguese Ancestral Photo Gallery

 

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grape harvest in Portugal

 

Listen to the podcast which aired on 22 Jan 2019 where I talk about Portuguese Genealogy and DNA testing. We talked for over an hour and it went beyond the limit, so it cuts off before we actually ended it. Hope you enjoy it.

Click here  


Join me on the 2019 Terceira & Graciosa
genealogy tour.

For those who join us, my daughter will produce a video of the trip for a unique combination of travel video, stills and drone footage. You can see her work here, if curious:

https://www.youtube.com/channel/UC-JJa3iNrgqhyRN-an4afPg

We'll include an optional hike into the Algar do Carvao in Terceira and the trail Volta à Caldeira - Furna do Enxofre in Graciosa. The rest of the time will be spent at the villages, especially where members of the tour have a personal interest.

Since Angra will be our main base, we can include trips to the civil registries in Praia and Angra, plus the archive, if wanted. I will be helping everyone find documents of their ancestors available only by a personal visit to the archive (not online).


I proudly present the original
Portuguese Genealogist Master List

If you're interested in genealogy, 
you'll definitely want to check out who else is and maybe find a distant relative!


DNA and Portuguese genealogy

 

If your ancestors came from Terceira but you don't know which village, be sure to look here:

Terceira Island Marriage Database


If your ancestors came from Pico but you don't know which village, be sure to look here.

Pico Island Marriage Database


TERCEIRA & PICO ISLANDS
Document Verification

 


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Attention anyone with these names:

SIMAS        VALIM

Now seeking SIMAS photos for future book

 

 

Portuguese Genealogy Articles
by Doug da Rocha Holmes

 

 

 

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Useful Links for the Portuguese Genealogist


Search with Google below

 

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Kokopelli

Visit the
Portuguese Passenger Ship Master List

 

Browse the
Portuguese Genealogical
& Historical Library
  

 

 

Portuguese Gift Ideas: www.dholmes.com/pt-gifts.html

 

Do you speak Portuguese or want to learn?
Fala português?

 

 
 

Portuguese Family Histories - Home Page

 

 

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Corcovado in lace

If you seek professional help . . .

Portuguese Genealogy by Doug da Rocha Holmes

 

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Visit the page for the 
Portuguese Historical & Cultural Society
(PHCS).

PHCS also has their own home page:
www.sacramentophcs.com


Portuguese voters of 1872 in California

If you know your ancestor was naturalized 
and eligible to vote by 1872 in California 
(all counties), look over this database 
to help you find your ancestor's origins:

1872 Portuguese Voters


Visit the Portuguese Gift Shop to see some of the 
interesting items available
for people interested in Portuguese things.

  Buy a hand-made
fabric bookmark
by Milan Miguel
da Rocha Holmes

Topographic maps of the Azores


See personal information about Doug da Rocha Holmes


 

Quick Portuguese survey to earn FREE DNA test 

Order some nice and original artwork on Christmas cards
by Natália da Rocha Holmes

 

 

 

Why This Website?  

This website is for YOU, the Portuguese genealogist. 
If you have an idea, please let me know. 
Let's together make the days when people had to look long and hard for information 
about doing Portuguese genealogy, a thing of the past!

The URL for this page is: www.dholmes.com/rocha1.html

Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California

U.S.A.

E-mail:


Web Site Home Page: www.dholmes.com

 

You might find these YouTube travel adventures & video clips fun and interesting:

Dancing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Uu6_LkMLZHQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dkOrZ7oAtrs&NR=1

Film

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Gvc_aawjid0&feature=related

Azores general

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9Fh2vq5eJ_0&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fwW5fkpPHZg&NR=1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iLKOMB9BzJY&feature=related

Modern dancing

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L82W38eCPY4&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nTjILzyq0xA&feature=related

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=GDFhocLx7ps&feature=related

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 




Note: The background image is the Rocha Homem family of Conceição, Angra, Terceira, Açores. 
From left to right is Maria da Conceição Leal da Rocha, José Sebastião Leal da Rocha Homem, 
Jacinto Leal da Rocha Homem, Angelina Esther Leal da Rocha. Circa 1906, Angra. 
All but Maria moved to Sacramento, CA. 
See their story in the Family Histories section of this website: www.dholmes.com/fam-hist.html


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