These are the surnames that my friend, Susan Vargas Murphy, is researching. If you find a link or want to contact her . . .
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Angustias, Faial - Antonio GARCIA and Maria Correira (before 1656)
Almoxarife, Faial
ALVES, GARCIA, GOMES, LUIS, PEREIRA, SILVEIRA, VARGAS (before 1730)
Capelo, Faial
DUTRA, GARCIA, GONCALVES,LUIS, MACHADO, ROSA, SOUTO, VARGAS (before 1772)
Castelo Branco, Faial…NOTE: My most common surnames in this village are Pereira and Vargas. All other names are far back in time and I have no one by other names came to this country from this village in my family. Over half of my ancestry comes from Castelo Branco, so that is the reason I have such a varied list of surnames for this village.
ALMANCA, ALVES, ALVARES, ALVERNAS, ANDRADE, ANDRE, AVILA, BARRANHO, BETTENCOURT, BORGES, BORRECO, BRUM, BULCAO, CALDEIRA, CANTO, CARDOZA, CLEMENTE, CORREIRA, COSTA, CUNHA, DUTRA, EVANGELHO, FARIA, FERNANDES, FERREIRA, FIALHO, FREITAS, FURTADO, GARCIA, GASPAR, GUEDES, GULARTE/GOULART, GOMES, GONCALVES, GOUVEIA, JORGE, LOURENCO, LOPES, LUIS, MACHADO, MACEDO, MARIANTE, MARQUES, MATTOS, MEDEIROS, NAVARRO, NUNES, PAIVA, PEREIRA, PORTO, RODRIGUES, ROSA, SARMENTO, SILVA, SILVEIRA, SOITO, SOUTO, SOUSA, TAVARES, VARGAS, VAS,VICENTE, VIEIRA ( before 1882)
Cedros, Faial
ALVES, ALVERNAS, ANNES, BOTEHLO, BRANDAO, COSTA, DUARTE, ESCOBAR, FERNANDES, FREITAS, FURTADO, GARCIA, GOMES, GONCALVES, GOULART, JORGE, LUIS, MATOS, MEDEIROS, PEREDA, PEREIRA, PINHEIRO, PIRES, REBEIRO, SYLVEIRA, VAS, VARGAS (before 1730)
Feteira, Faial
CALDEIRA, DUTRA, FRAGA, JORGE, MACHADO, PEREIRA, SYLVEIRA, HENRIQUES ( before 1740)
Flamengos, Faial
AGOSTINHO, BORRECO, BORREGUO, DUARTE, FIALHO, GOMES, GONCALVES, PEREIRA, SANTIAGO, SOUTO (before 1770)
Horta, Faial (Matriz)
Engracia de BRUM, CAIROS,GARCIA,Manuel JORGE, PEREIRA (before 1720)
Horta, Faial (Nossa Senhora Conceicao)
GOUVEIA, LUIS, SOUSA (before 1710)
Pedro Miguel, Faial
ALVES, ALVERNAS, ALVERAS, BRANDAO, DUARTE,DUTRA, FRAGA, FERREIRA, GARCIA , HENRIQUES, LOPES, LUIS, MACIEL, MADRUGA, PEREIRA,PIRES, RODRIGUES, ROSA, SILVA, SILVEIRA, TERRA, VARGAS (before 1900)
Ribeirinha, Faial
ALVERNAS, LUIS, TERRA ( before 1689)
Candelaria, Pico
COSTA, CARDOZO, DIAS, FURTADO, GARCIA, GONCALVES, GOULART,JORGE, LEMOS, LUIS, MACIEL, MANCEBO, MUNIZ, NEVES, PEREIRA, RODRIQUES, ROSA, SOUSA, TRISTAO, VIEIRA (before 1850)
Lages, Pico
BETTENCOURT, CASTANHO, GARCIA, GONCALVES, PEREIRA, PINHEIRO (before 1760)
Madalena, Pico
DOCE, ALVERNAS, RODRIGUES ( before 1707)
Piedade, Pico
CARDOZA, FERREIRA (before 1700)
Ribeirdas, Pico
SILVEIRA ( before 1747)
Santa Luzia, Pico - Pedro Rodrigues Clement died 5 Sept 1651
Sao Joao, Pico
CARDOSA, FERREIRA, FRADE, GARCIA, GOULART, MADRUGA, PEIXOTO, PEREIRA, ROCHA, RODRIGUES, SARMENTA,SILVEIRA, (before 1691)
Sao Mateus, Pico
BRUM, FERREIRA, FRADE, GONCALVES, GOULART,LEMOS, MANCEBO, MATOS, PEREIRA, PINHEIRO, RODRIGUES, ROSA, (before 1850)
Sao Roque, Pico -Bartolmeu Vieira and Anna Gomes, before 1627
Norte Grande, Sao Jorge
VIEIRA, (before 1780)
Rosais, Sao Jorge :Joao Texeira de AVILA, Maria de QUADROS, Bartholomeu TEXEIRA before 1700
Santo Amaro, Sao Jorge
AVILA, BORREIOS, CORREIA, MACIEL (before 1726)
Velas, Sao Jorge
ALVES,BAPTISTA, FERNANDES, FERREIRA, MARIANTE, MELLO, PEREIRA, SILVEIRA, SOARES,VIEIRA, (before 1800)
Lages, Lajedo, Flores
AZEVEDO, BISPO, FRAGA, FURTADO, LOURENCO, MENDONCA, PIMENTEL, PRIVADO, RODRIUGES, SERPA, SOUSA, TRIGUEIRO, VELHO (before 1890)
Santa Cruz, Flores - LOURENCO -before 1880, this was my immigrant.
Corvo - Bartolomeu Lopes and Isabel Cardoso born before 1645