Posts by Doh Pinheiro
63 posts
Come to NYC to view - Portugal, The Last Hope through July 31, 2016
Sounds fascinating! Irish Crypto Rabbis with a Converso Twist.
For fellow New Yorkers! How to do genealogy using the National Archives.
Genie Milgrom -There was an Isaac Pinheiro born in Madrid in 1636, any idea if I can find a baptism record from the 1636 in Spain. I went into pares.es, but I must admit I was lost. I would appreciate any guidance. Am I able to search from home in NYC or do I need to make a trip to Madrid?
Hello all,Through findagrave and BKGenie (#46895980) I have been given the following! I am assuming that Doop Trouwen Begraafboeken is in Dutch. (Birth Marriage Bury Books (DTB) 682: 374). Does anyone know if these are on line? How may I look at these? Thank you so much in advance for any help!http://www.tc.umn.edu/~terre011/bios.html#FIRSTIn addition, now that I know that Isaac was...
Hi all,I will be visiting Curaçao at the end of June to continue my genealogical research. It is a great sacrifice to go to the Caribbean, but my genealogical research which may find my Pinheiro family warrants such a sacrifice. Does anyone have a personal contact there at the synagogue and would be willing to provide an introduction? Many thanks.
Hi all, While reading Baltasar and Blimunda by J. Saramago, I saw this interesting note regarding the Priest who converted to Judaism and was wondering if anyone has done any genealogy on him. Thanks.
Hi All,According to below post, there is a list of Jews which were baptized in Barcelos, Portugal in the year 1497. Does anyone have a copy for viewing? Many thanks.
Hi all,I just wanted to share something that you do not see very often. I belong to a Portuguese Genealogy facebook group and of the 5000 people only two of us have come across a certificate mentioning an Old-Christian and a New Christian. Just interesting!
Looking for Portuguese Inquisition files? You will be able to sort by last name, along with other categories such as location, year, etc.
A beautiful exhibit of models of many Sephardic synagogues from around the world. This is showing in NYC until January 24, 2016www.cjh.org/p/42 Modeling the Synagogue: From Dura to Touro