Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] 1854 baptismal record from Flores, plus Flores/Corvo a...

2013-04-24 Thread Joanne Mercier
Thank you for correcting my mistake, David. I meant to write Fall River but wrote diocese instead. It's been a rough month. ;) It is a shame that St. John's had to close because I believe there should have been more of an effort to save it since it was the FIRST Portuguese parish in North Am

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] 1854 baptismal record from Flores, plus Flores/Corvo a...

2013-04-22 Thread David
Joanne, if I may, I'd like to offer a "friendly amendment" to your comment below... Santo Christo is the mother church of all the Portuguese churches in the *City* of Fall River, not in the Diocese. The first Portuguese Roman Catholic parish in not just that diocese but in all of North America

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] 1854 baptismal record from Flores, plus Flores/Corvo a...

2013-04-22 Thread David
Al, thanks so much for that information -- although I wish it gave me a little more hope. I had been hoping that the RC records would be more detailed than the civil ones are. I'll start my search with St. Joseph's -- but will pray it was actually at a different church with a more detail-orie

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] 1854 baptismal record from Flores, plus Flores/Corvo a...

2013-04-21 Thread Joanne Mercier
Al, I would try contacting Santo Christo Church in Fall River, MA. They are the mother church of all the Portuguese churches in the Diocese of Fall River and if you ask nicely, they might look up the info for you. Worth a try but you might want to contact them sooner than later. Rumors have i

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] 1854 baptismal record from Flores, plus Flores/Corvo a...

2013-04-21 Thread AlRose509
David, I ran into a similar problem tracing marriage records for that time period in Providence. Let me tell you what I found. The only RC church in the Portuguese community area of India/Fox point was an Irish church ... St Joseph's at 90 Hope St, Providence. I wish you luck ... t

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] 1854 baptismal record from Flores, plus Flores/Corvo a...

2013-04-19 Thread AlRose509
Very interesting; this is where my grandfather came from in 1890 to Providence. I would be interested in learning the ancestry of Maria Rosa. Al In a message dated 4/19/2013 4:43:18 P.M. Eastern Daylight Time, noblankt...@gmail.com writes: Here's a better choice for Antonio Hurd. The att