Christian, Let's say you are moving to Omaha, Nebraska. You find an real estate agent to show you some homes. First he shows you a home in the Conestoga part of Omaha. Too quaint for your taste. Then he shows you a home in the Deer Park section of Omaha. Too rustic. Then he shows you one in the Happy Heights section and you absolutely love it. So you tell all your friends to go to realtor.com and type in 1234 Happy Dance Rd, Omaha, NE to see your new home. You didn't tell them 1234 Happy Dance Rd, Happy Heights, NE. And they aren't going to mail your birthday card to Happy Heights either. They are going to mail it to Omaha.
So when you are reading the Portuguese records, you will see them sometimes mention the neighborhood of that freguesia, and sometimes, even the street name. Feteira is just a neighborhood Luz or Sao Mateus or wherever you were researching. Now I have a homework assignment for you. Go here and print out this map of Graciosa and its 4 freguesias: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/maps-churches-and-villages/graciosa.html Memorize that Guadalupe (the freguesia) has a church named Nossa Senhora da Guadalupe. Luz (the freguesia) has a church named Nossa Senhora da Luz. Praia (the freguesia) has a church named Sao Mateus. And Santa Cruz (the freguesia) has church named Santa Cruz. The Portuguese records are housed by freguesia (villages) just like you have to search realtor.com by city. Not neighborhood. It's nice to know (you can put that info in your genealogy program), but you need to register the event (baptism, marriage, death) by the freguesia it occurred in. If you are using someone else's tree as a guide and they are doing the Happy Heights thing, well, that is why you are confused. 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.
