Thank you, Maria, for your offer to help me. I have the following information about the person I call "the elusive Maria Cristo." The information I have regarding Maria Cristo and her connection to St. Mary's in Bristol, RI is that she married Filippe Perreira Da Silva there on November 27th, 1909. I have a copy (actually a form filled in with the information) of that marriage. I have been told that she "would have had to provide a baptismal certificate from the "old country" before the marriage. I was also told that getting into those sealed records is not impossible just requires a very sympathetic cleric or parish secretary who is into genealogy. I tried contact via a written letter and, as I mentioned, the response was a note written in the margin of my letter and the return of the $20.00 I sent with the letter. Any help you can give me in looking for additional information that MAY exist is appreciated.
Celeste Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 1/24/17, danandma...@comcast.net <danandma...@comcast.net> wrote: Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] St. John the Baptist & Mount Carmel churches in New Bedford, Massachusetts To: "azores" <azores@googlegroups.com> Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 8:29 PM Celest, I am leaving tomorrow for New Bedford for a funeral at Mount Carmel Church. F Please send me details of all that you need and I will try to get it for you. Maria Moore From: "'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy" <azores@googlegroups.com> To: "azores" <azores@googlegroups.com> Sent: Tuesday, January 24, 2017 10:13:56 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] St. John the Baptist & Mount Carmel churches in New Bedford, Massachusetts Thanks, Joanne, for the explanation. I will have to wait to see if I can visit St. John's and ask in person for the information. Living across the country from them makes it a little difficult. Celeste Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------- On Tue, 1/24/17, Joanne Mercier <musicmavene...@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] St. John the Baptist & Mount Carmel churches in New Bedford, Massachusetts To: azores@googlegroups.com Date: Tuesday, January 24, 2017, 5:34 PM I’m sorry you had that experience, Celeste. My sources tell me that particular rectory is a bit of a mess personnel-wise so I’m not sure they’d go the extra mile to look in the files. Parishes need more encouragement like what we’re doing in the Archdiocese of Boston to get them to give us genealogists a good helping hand. On January 23, 2017 at 5:33:58 PM, 'celeste perry' via Azores Genealogy (azores@googlegroups.com) wrote: Hope your experience is better than mine, Cheri. Today I received the letter I wrote to St. Mary's Church in Bristol, RI. Not a response, really, the original paper letter I wrote to them. At the top of the letter I send was written, "Just says "notice sent" Both Parties were born in Azores." Any suggestions that can give me a more accurate location of birth is appreciated. Celeste, researching "the elusive Maria Cristo." Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com -------------------------------------------- On Mon, 1/23/17, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] St. John the Baptist & Mount Carmel churches in New Bedford, Massachusetts To: "Azores Genealogy" <azores@googlegroups.com> Date: Monday, January 23, 2017, 1:37 PM I called this morning, and the church secretary, Tammy, said the St. John books are there. She won't photocopy or take a picture of the book but will issue a paper certificate. I told her the certificate doesn't have a blank for the freguesia/village that the bride and groom are from. She said to state that in an email to her and she'll add it in. So now I play "wait and see." At least we have confirmation that the books are there as of January 2017. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 5:55 PM, Michael Gilfilian <mgilfilia...@gmail.com> wrote: I emailed them, to ask about abaptism certificate for my great uncle, within a couple weeks I got a rrply back that it was on its way. Sent them a donation for their kindness and time. This was after the move to Mt. Carmel. Mike Piedade, Pico, Cedros, Fayal Sent from BlueMail On Jan 22, 2017, at 6:04pm, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: I'll keep that in mind, but in the meantime, I need to know if anyone has gone there recently and utilized the books. Thanks! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Jan 22, 2017 at 1:01 PM, "E" Sharp <bellema...@gmail.com> wrote: Cheri, If you don't need it anytime soon, I will be back there beginning August for Madeira festival and I am going Mt. Carmel for a St. John's marriage record also. I am also going to the NB Vital Records for the papers that were actually filled out by bride and groom to obtain license. I believe they are not easily accessible so I am hoping they will humor me and try to find them. I have them on another couple and they had even more info on them (even though it proved to be incorrect info!!??!!) "E". -- 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+unsubscribe@googlegroup s.com. 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