I apologize for how it read, I meant to ask not if the visit back home would be recorded, Carole was right in that I wanted to know if the marriage would be recorded in the records pertaining to the persons involved in the marriage...thank you all for your responses...
On Sunday, August 5, 2012 5:50:28 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Carole M, > > Mike's question was would a visit to the Azores be recorded in the church > records somewhere (or that's how I read it with the typos). Altino was > right, the church would not do that. They would only record church events. > > What you are speaking of are the margin notes which happened in the Azores > as well. One can find a baptism and in the margin it will note that that > the person married and to go see record number XXX, or the person died and > go see record number YYY. And yes, if the first spouse died, the margin > many contain the 2nd marriage as well. > > IF (and only if) the person notified their church in the Azores would > their American or Canadian marriage be recorded in the margin. I've seen > very few of these. Very rare, at least in the freguesias I research. > > But visits back home would not be recorded. > 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."
