13 Facts About Michael Lobo

Michael Lobo was born on 12 September 1953 and is an Indian scientist, writer, and genealogist.

Michael Lobo is the author of three self-published books on the Catholic community in Mangalore, India.

Michael Lobo was born in Mangalore, India to Maisie Lobo and Camillo Lobo, both of Mangalorean Catholic descent.

Michael Lobo belongs to the Bejai branch of the Lobo-Prabhu clan, that has its roots in the Makhale suburb of Kulshekar, Mangalore.

Michael Lobo studied at Montfort High School in Yercaud, Tamil Nadu, and graduated from St Aloysius College.

In 1984, Michael Lobo moved to England where he entered the Cranfield Institute of Technology on a Commonwealth Scholarship, eventually becoming a faculty member.

Michael Lobo returned to Mangalore in 1993, because of "personal crises".

From late 1992 to late 1993, Michael Lobo began working during his spare time on this project, and by the end of 1993, had completed the first draft of his genealogical work on the Michael Lobo-Prabhus of Makhale and their related families.

Michael Lobo moved to Mangalore in 1994, and settled down in his family manor "Camelot Residency" on Bijai church road.

Michael Lobo copied almost every 19th century baptismal, marriage and death record he could locate at Rosario Cathedral and Milagres Church, cataloguing them according to surnames.

Michael Lobo initially experienced difficulties in the project since only the baptismal registers were maintained in reasonably good condition, while large sections of the marriage and death registers were missing, and it was not feasible to build the genealogy of any family on the basis of baptismal records alone.

Michael Lobo conducted and still conducts personal interviews with many Mangalorean Catholics, who have settled in Bangalore, Mumbai, Chennai, Delhi and various other parts of India and abroad.

Michael Lobo's encyclopaedia covers more than a thousand families and is being continually updated with names and records of new families.