Joseph, The record for the twins states the parents were wed in S. Pedro. And that's where I found them.
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOPEDRO-C-1830-1860/SMG-VF-SAOPEDRO-C-1830-1860_item1/P102.html Regards, On Thu, Mar 13, 2014 at 1:26 PM, Joseph Costa <jwcosta0...@gmail.com> wrote: > Here is the birth record of Jose da Costa from Dec 1864 (two separate > links, as it's on two pages) > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1860-1864/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1860-1864_item1/P402.html > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1860-1864/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1860-1864_item1/P403.html > > > Here is the birth record of his twin sisters, Jacinta and Maria from > August 1869: > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1865-1869/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1865-1869_item1/P349.html > > > > > > > On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 10:53:59 PM UTC-4, Mara wrote: > >> Hi Joseph, >> >> The information you entered was very limited, it would be nice if you >> could post the 1864 and the 1869 birth record links. However I took a peak >> at the indices and did find a birth record for a child by the name of >> Antonio born to Manuel da Costa and Filomena Augusta da Conceicao which >> leads me to believe this may be your couple. Does the surname "Feitor" >> mean anything to you? >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG- >> VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1885-1889/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1885-1889_item1/P79.html >> >> I did not find their marriage record under Costa or Feitor. It is >> possible the bride may have been from a different place where the marriage >> took place. Did find Manuel's parents marriage record I in 1816. >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG- >> VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1812-1820/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1812-1820_item1/P47.html >> >> Check it out, >> >> >> >> >> On Wed, Mar 12, 2014 at 8:14 PM, JR <jmr...@gmail.com> wrote: >> >>> Well, I have a couple of suggestions. You may have to the nearby >>> villages, such as Ribeira das Tainhas and Agua de Pau, Agua de Alto. They >>> are adjacent to Vila Franca. Have you checked that Manuel da Costa may go >>> by another name. Filomena is much rarer in pre-1900's, but sometimes may >>> actually be Maria Filomena. >>> >>> In the period between about 1860 forward, grandparents were listed in >>> marriages and baptisms. What do those documents say? >>> >>> JR >>> >>> >>> On Wednesday, March 12, 2014 9:28:47 AM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: >>>> >>>> Hi everyone. >>>> >>>> I'm loving the new indices that Matriz, VFDC uploaded for births, >>>> marriages and deaths! >>>> >>>> Along those lines, I've been searching for the marriage record of my >>>> 2nd great grandparents, Manuel da Costa and Filomena da Conceicao (also >>>> known as Filomena Augusta). According to the birth record of their son >>>> Jose (first born of that name) from December 1864 at Matriz VFDC, the two >>>> of them were natives of Matriz and were married there (it says that). I >>>> also have the birth records of their twin daughters, Maria and Jacinta from >>>> 1869. >>>> >>>> I have searched high and low for their marriage record at Matriz >>>> before the indices came out. Now that the indices have been uploaded their >>>> marriage doesn't appear in it at all for any year. There is a Manuel da >>>> Costa and Filomena da Conceicao in the 1890's, but it can't be them. I >>>> also searched Sao Pedro.....no luck there either. >>>> >>>> Any thoughts on how I should approach this? Is it possible that it was >>>> just a civil ceremony? 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