Each council (county) has one Matriz or Mother Church. Some large concelhos (councils) have 2 (that's only on Sao Miguel island though).
Santa Maria = 1 Sao Miguel = 8 Terceira = 2 (sorta - one is really the Cathedral or the Diocese seat) Graciosa = 1 Sao Jorge = 2 Pico = 3 Faial = 1 Flores = 2 Corvo = 0 Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 7:40 PM, JR <jmro...@gmail.com> wrote: > The main or mother church of a particular freguesia. > > JR > > > On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 10:34:08 PM UTC-4, Elaine Mello wrote: >> >> For those of you not so well educated, what is Matrix? >> >> Elaine >> > -- > 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.
