Hi José, Yes, and no.
They still keep records in churches nowadays. The difference is that before 1911 the only records were the church records. After that the Civil Registry started working, and the official certificates are the 'birth certificate' and not the 'baptism record'. In order for the Civil Registry to work however, a law was passed that all the church records before 1911 had to be transferred to the Civil Registry. The priests then started new records that you may still be able to find in the churches or in the Archive of the local Diocese. João C. Ventura On Tuesday, November 5, 2013 5:59:57 PM UTC+1, Jose A Medeiros wrote: > > 1911 the last year I believe they kept records in churchs > > On Tuesday, 5 November 2013 04:36:29 UTC-5, João Ventura wrote: > >> And a few more today, I believe... >> >> On Monday, October 28, 2013 5:08:18 PM UTC+1, Jose A Medeiros wrote: >>> >>> More baptism years added today >>> >> -- 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.
