John,
No, it's not illegal the service you got at the Registo Civil.
I went to the one in Angra and did basically the same thing with the help of my cousin.
There is a chance the great service I got was because of his status - everyone in Terceira seemed to know the islands vet - but I think it might have been the same without him.
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
Sacramento, California
Pico & Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
---------- Original Message --------
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Trying to encourage CCA to post
on-line records for Vila Franca
From: John Vasconcelos <[email protected]>
Date: Sat, September 07, 2013 2:54 pm
To: azores <[email protected]>
There is Courtney but it would require either you, a local family member (who lives there) or a paid researcher to go to the local civil registry where the event was registered and search the records.In 2002, I was visiting the island of Flores where my parents were born. I have a cousin who works in the offices of the Municipio (which is roughly equivalent to our County) of Lajes das Flores. I told her that I was looking for my parents' 1928 marriage record. She was able to promptly look it up and make me a photocopy of it. Now, I'll have to admit that I had "connections" and for all I know, what she did might have been illegal (or may be illegal now). I don't know if some one "coming in off the street" could get the same service. Perhaps some one like Joao Ventura could tell us.John Vasconcelos .
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