Natalie M, You need the freguesia (village) to start searching on Faial. There are 12 or 13 villages there. If you don't know which one, then you aren't quite ready to start searching in the Azores yet.
Here's a how-to of sources to try to get your freguesia: https://goo.gl/vOijK0 Good luck! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Fri, Feb 17, 2017 at 11:39 AM, Natalie M <nmb...@gmail.com> wrote: > My grand parents and great grand parents were born in Faial, Azores. Grand > father name Mendonca, looking for church he was baptized, also church Maria > Silva, war baptized she was born in 1882 in Faial, Azores Grand Father > name Doningos Mendonca. > > -- > 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. > -- 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.