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
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
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
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
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
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,
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