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These files have been sent to me by a gentleman, Andre Claeys, who wrote them as a history of the Azores as well as a genealogy of some of its early Flemish colonists. Even though the text is in the Dutch language, his hope is that the names, dates, and places contained in it will be helpful to researchers and he wanted as many people as possible to have access to it. If you would like to contact Mr. Claeys, he can be reached at this email address claeys.maertens@sapo.pt . His sources are given at the end of the document, in "Bronnen."
Silveiras Portuguese Nobility.This is a document by Andre Claeys and he would like to make clear that these Silveires are NOT descendants of Willem van der Haeghen (Guilhermo da Silveira). Like the other document, this one is written in Dutch but Mr. Claeys has provided some help to non-Dutch readers in the form of a translation of various words in the document into Portuguese and then to English. This can be found in the last three pages of the document, which is also a PDF file.
Mr. Claeys wanted to add this comment: "Willem van der Haeghen was only one of the hundreds of knights, belonging to the gentry of Flandres. Not one single member of the Flemish nobility ever emigrated to the Açores. I added this text in my file 'Açores'. This must be explicitingly said. Nobody may be deceived."
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NEW! An updated and illustrated 3rd version of the Luso-Flemish families of the Azores, by Mr. Andre Claeys.
This is a VERY large file, 33 MB, so it may take several minutes to load, even on a fast connection. It is a PDF file which can be opened by either Macs or Windows using the free program, Adobe Reader.You may want to do a search of the document for any names or places you are interested in. To do that on a Mac, press the Command and F keys together. On a Windows computer, press Control and F to search.
If you find a section of the book you would like to translate, there are many free translation services on the internet that will translate small portions of a page at a time. One of those that I have found to be very helpful is on Google at http://www.google.com/language_tools?hl=en.
These files were generously donated by their author in order to share his work with others. Unfortunately, I do not read Dutch, as I suspect most of you do not either. So, I cannot verify the contents or the validity of his work. Please accept it, then, in the spirit and intent in which it is given. Good luck and happy hunting!