If you're into really old Azores history books, there is the classic "The Azores: or Western Islands: a political, commercial, and geographic account" by Walter Frederick Walker (1886). Pretty tedious as I recall, but free online:
https://archive.org/details/azoresorwesterni00walk "This little work [362 pages!], devoid of any kind of scientific or literary merit, has been penned solely in the hope that it may prove useful to those contemplating a visit to the Western Archipelago." Steve On Wednesday, February 5, 2014 12:00:44 PM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: > > LOL. I guess I need to do the same. > > For those who don't know, the book, "A History of the Azores Islands" by > James H. Guill is just that - a history book. There is some information on > royal families and their genealogies, but it is NOT a genealogy book. > > Before the Internet, it was useful for the list of freguesias and the list > of churches. That can all be found on the Azores GenWeb, Family Search, or > the CCA site. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > -- 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.
