Hi Group, A correction to the information below that Doug posted. My home is in Santo Amaro, Pico. Santo Amaro is one of five freguesia's of Sao Roque. The five are: Sao Roque, Santo Antonio, Santa Luzia, Prainha and Santo Amaro.......all of which have their own parish churches.....ours in Santo Amaro is very beautiful and was built in 1736. Riberinha is a freguesia of Lajes and as such has NO connection to our freguesia's of Sao Roque. Riberinha is to the east of Santo Amaro......I am able to sit on my front porch and see the village which is a fair distance away......for the last 2 night's it has been lit up with many extra lights down at the port for the "Chicharro Festa"......although since the chicharro's have not been plentiful they have for several years used sardines instead although this year there are more chicharro's......everyone is invited to the festa to feast on the fish with bread.....very nice! Best to all, Nancy Jean Baptista researching: Pico, Santa Maria and Sao Jorge From: p...@dholmes.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Santo Amaro in the Azores Date: Thu, 1 Aug 2013 22:08:22 -0700
Hi Bill, You're right. That Santo Amaro is in the parish (freguesia) of Ribeirinha.So there are just the three Santo Amaro locations you've mentioned that I know about in the Azores.There is also one in Sao Paulo, Brasil. Wait, there is a fourth in the Azores. Conceicao, Horta, Faial has a Santo Amaro. But only two have the status of a parish, the ones on Pico and Sao Jorge.The other two in Conceicao, Horta and Ribeirinha, Terceira are what we call a "lugar" which is just a neighborhood. There can be a chapel there, but not the parish church. I happen to have many Santo Amaro, Pico ancestors. And I have done a ton of research in the Santo Amaro village of Sao Jorge, since my late step-mother has ancestors from there and many others have hired me to research families from there. And now my brother is married to someone else with Santo Amaro, Sao Jorge ancestors. For such a small village, they sure spread out when emigrating. Hope that helps. Doug da Rocha Holmes Sacramento, California Pico & Terceira Genealogist 916-550-1618www.dholmes.com -------- Original Message -------- Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Searching for birth, marriage, and death information on Sao Jorge From: bsei2...@gmail.com Date: Thu, August 01, 2013 8:48 pm To: azores@googlegroups.com I was stationed on Terceira when I was in the air force. I seem to recall a small village called Santo Amaro just outside of Angra between Sao Bento and Ribeirinha. Bill -- -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
