Hello, I have really been having some difficulty in finding some marriage records in the Santo António além Capelas freguesia on the island of São Miguel, and also the Lagoa area. From what I have seen so far in the Santo António freguesia, the priest(s) was/were not always consistent with the names they used to document the parishoners. I don't know if this means that in fact the parishoners had long names, and that when they stated them to the priest, the priest only wrote down some of them, or if the parishoners sometimes just gave the priest portions of their names.
The road blocks that I have hit in getting this section of my tree higher: *1. * I cannot find the marriage record for the parents of Francisco de Medeiros Maura. In the birth records of some of Francisco's children I have seen his name documented sometimes as *Francisco de Medeiros Maura*, and sometimes *Francisco de Medeiros Pimentel*. The names of his parents (the grandparents) have stayed constant in those records that I have found, and their names are *António de Medeiros Maura* and *Joanna Maria*, *António is a natural of Santo António and Joanna Maria is a natural of Lagoa (Nossa Senhora do Rosario),* but I have not been able to find their marriage record. I have checked Santo António, but have not found it there. I have also checked Nossa Senhora do Rosario, Lagoa, but did not find it there either. It's possible that I could have missed it, or that Joanna Maria's parents moved to a different freguesia after her birth, and that they were then married in that new freguesia. The obituary for Joanna Maria 30 September 1830 - 70 years old more or less http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SANTOANTONIO-O-1830-1860/SMG-PD-SANTOANTONIO-O-1830-1860_item1/P4.html The obituary for António de Medeiros Maura 29 September 1831 - 80 years old more or less http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SANTOANTONIO-O-1830-1860/SMG-PD-SANTOANTONIO-O-1830-1860_item1/P45.html I believe their son Francisco was born 1 August 1789, so their marriage would have happened before that date. I found 2 siblings born AFTER that date in Santo António: João in 1793, and Margarida in 1794, but no one before 1789, so perhaps his parents lived in a different freguesia before moving to Santo António? 2. I am also having difficulty finding the marriage record for *Francisco de Viveiros do Rego* and *Joanna de Medeiros*. They are both naturals of the Santo António além Capelas freguesia, so I believe the marriage should have taken place there. I estimate the marriage to have taken place around the year 1767. I have seen the name of Francisco de Viveiros do Rego documented sometimes as Francisco de Viveiros, and sometimes as Francisco de Medeiros do Rego, I am not sure if this was a mistake or not since his wife Joanna has the surname de Medeiros. He was born 9 February 1748. Joanna de Medeiros was born 20 January 1749. Is anyone else researching these two families, or does someone happen to have an index with this information in it? I would be very appreciative of any help. Thank you very much and kind regards, Lisa -- 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.
