There are many lines in Ponta Delgada with the `Luis` last name. Ponta Delgada has many Parishes and your subject line message is too broad. You should provide any/all information on the person of interest so that someone in this list can check their trees to see if there's a match.
A few of my Luis lines reach the 1600's in Ponta Delgada Martinho Luis Andre Luis Manuel Luis Sebastiao Luis etc. I have other lines, out of Lagoa, Vila Franca, and Nordeste. You can also search the on-line indexes for Sao Sebastiao and Sao Pedro in Ponta Delgada. http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/Default.aspx http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/Default.aspx Also the Eng. Joao Luis Tavares Silva family tree on geneat may contain leads for you. Here's a link. http://gw.geneanet.org/tavaressilva?lang=pt&m=S&n=luis&p= On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 5:50 PM, 'Brenda' via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > Thank you so much. I have looked for 20 years trying to find this family > and it is like hitting a brick wall. > > > On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 4:11:33 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: >> >> Brenda, >> >> Everything over there is organized at the town/village level (most of >> Europe is that way). >> >> Knowing island and council is not enough. You need the freguesia >> (village) so you can find the church. >> >> It will be Luis over there. >> >> The order from small to large would be Ponta Delgada (the council), Sao >> Miguel island, Azores (autonomous region), Portugal (country). The only >> reason I put "island" in there is to eliminate confusion. There's an island >> called Sao Jorge, but there are also churches with that name. There are >> others that I could cite as examples as well. Most people just post the >> freguesia and island and don't bother with the rest. >> >> If you don't have the freguesia (village) yet, here's a list of things to >> get you started to find it: https://goo.gl/vOijK0 >> >> It's on the main site of the Azores GenWeb. You'll want to bookmark it >> and explore it some more: https://goo.gl/Xzol8B >> >> Good luck, Cheri >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> > -- > 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. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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.
