There's a Madeira Google Group as well: https://groups.google.com/forum/#!forum/madeira-genealogy
The Madeira Islands are a different archipelago than the Azores Islands. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sun, Mar 17, 2019 at 3:16 PM Karen LeFord <karenlef...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Cheri > Thanks for your response. Morte was my mothers maiden name which she hated > because of the translation. I did find that Morte on Documents on a Madiera > web site. With Grandpa Morte baptism. I will post that asap maybe someone > could translate the entire doc. > Thank you > Karen LeFord > Sent from my iPhone > > On Mar 17, 2019, at 1:16 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Hi Karen, > > You need a name, date, and specific place. Not just the island. Everything > in the Azores is organized on the town (freguesia) level. > > The Madeira Islands, of which there are two (Madeira and Porto Santo) is a > different archipelago than the Azores Islands, of which there are 9 (Santa > Maria, Sao Miguel, Terceira, Graciosa, Sao Jorge, Pico, Faial, Flores, and > Corvo). > > I'm not clear on who you are researching or what time period (date). You > are researching someone on Madeira, but going to the Azores. Morte means > death. That's not a surname that's used over there, unless it's some kinda > of strange nickname. > Cheri > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
