Hello group, in special the "Cagarros" :-) Here is the table of what CCA has for Santa Maria:
There are five Parishes (Freguesias) in Santa Maria, although Almagreira is a young Parish, they have books for "Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho". *Vila do Porto - Santa Maria* *Nossa Senhora da Assunção* (Vila do Porto, also know as Igreja Matriz) - 1599 - 1911 It seams that because of the deterioration of some books, they started from 1630, I'm just guessing, by the aspect of their first published book. *Santa Bárbara* (Santa Bárbara) 1640 - 1911 *Nossa Senhora da Purificação* (Santo Espírito) 1671 - 1911 *São Pedro* (São Pedro) 1670 - 1911 *Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho* (Almagreira) 1903 - 1911 *Prior to 1903 records are in Assunção* - Vila do Porto, where Almagreira was part of it, but in the records, Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho is many times mentioned as their birth place, etc. *Note: *In some cases, or all, the record books may still not be available to CCA up to 1911, hopefully they will be "collected" from the churches (if any) when available, its a gradual process with some "rules". This information was given to me in 2009 by BPARPD. A good link for Wikipedia with extensive work about ALL Igrejas, Capelas and Ermidas of Santa Maria. http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_de_Santa_Maria#Arquitetura_religiosa Good luck -- Ricardo Chaves -- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
