Maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but I swear there were a few (very few) Civil Registries beginning in the 1830s (this would have been Sao Miguel island). I'll have to dig around and see what I can find.
I worked with a student from Terceira. She came to America 3 years ago. I don't remember how it came up, but I mentioned my mom was raised Baptist. She looked at me and asked if that was one of those other Christian religions. I said yes. She said that she didn't know any other religions existed until she moved to America. In her 11 year old mind, the whole world was Catholic. Every freguesia she went to had a Catholic church and had a festa in honor of a saint (or Holy Spirit). So as John said, they are pretty darn Catholic. (On Sao Miguel island, I saw one Evangelical church and the LDS (Mormon) church. There were both in the capital city of Ponta Delgada). Cheri -- 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.
