Thank you for this information. I will research the dates a bit--I am pretty sure that the grandparents on my fathers side were 1875 and 1879, and on my mother's 1890 and 1892. All of them are buried nearby, so I will visit the gravesights to try to narrow this down.
I appreciate you writing back, Fred Souza On Jun 14, 2012, at 12:41 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: > FSouza, > > You have names and places, but didn't post any dates. You mention people > coming to America in the 1920s. I'm going to assume that these people were > born before 1910 or so. > > Records older than 100 years are held at the regional archive. For Sao > Miguel, that's in Ponta Delgada. Sao Miguel has microfilm from the beginning > of what exists up to 1800 or 1883 in some freguesias. So you only need to > cover the gap between 1880 and 1920. > > The address for Ponta Delgada (and for the other 2 archives for those who > want to know) is here: http://goo.gl/rd0Gs > > There is also a link for a sample form letter at the top. > > Some Sao Miguel records are starting to come online. There are some for > Lagoa that go up to 1905: > http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/?serie=0&ilha=2&concelho=15 > > Sao Vicente Ferreira and Santo Antonio (if you are talking about freguesias > and not churches) are both in the council (county) of Ponta Delgada. Those > records are not online. So if your ancestors were born after the early > 1880s, you will have to write (link provided above). > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, > Achada > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when > they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." Thank you, Frederick Souza 19 Owen Drive Stonington, CT 06378-1012 860-535-2670 fsouz...@comcast.net -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
