Thanks for the explanation, John! I sometimes forget to ask that question when helping people with their genealogy. It's very important info since the records online are Catholic Church records NOT civil records.
Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 4:03 AM, 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Allow me to share an interesting experience in this regard. > As many people know, now that I am retired, I do genealogical research as > a side line. Not too long ago a potential client contacted me with the > basics (parents, grandparents and great grandparents' vital dates, *freguesia, > *etc) in order for me to advise if further research was feasible. Despite > the very precise information, I could not locate any of her people. I > e-mailed her to ask if maybe she had given me the wrong years, the wrong > Parish). She e-mailed back and assured me that she had not. And then she > added "They were all Seventh Day Adventists. Does that make a difference?" > It did. I was never going to find what I needed in the parish registers. I > made the mistake that these folks were among the 98% nominally Catholic > population of the 19th century. > We were able to overcome these obstacles on her paternal line and I think > we'll be able to do the same on her maternal line. The films go only to > about 1885 and they do not include all Registo Civil records. In fact, the > Registo Civil was not fully up and running throughout the islands until > after the proclamation of the Republic. > From now on, I will routinely ask potential clients if their ancestors > were Catholic. > > John Miranda Raposo > > > On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 8:41 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > > They may be in the Civil Registry records, depending on the time period. > You have to order those on microfilm from the Family History Library (FHL). > I don't think they are on the CCA. But you can double check. > > 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. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
