Hi Lynne, Are you speaking of Portugal the continent, or the Azores the autonomous region of Portugal? That will help us direct your better.
I think going through the list of churches will be too much. I haven't counted, but I think there's probably about 150 churches in the Azores and more than that on the continent. Since your Portuguese ancestors were Catholic, you want the baptisms. Ultimately, you need to find the village your ancestors came from in the Azores or Portugal. If you can't find the village, but can get down to the region, then you can search church by church as you may only have a couple of dozen of churches to search. You'll need to exhaust all records in Australia that might even hint at where your ancestors were from. See if you can get a photocopy of the marriage out of the marriage book. If the book is too old and fragile from 1856, as for a literal transcription, even if it is in Latin. Here in the USA, it helps if we send a donation when asking them for the info. Although this is written from a U.S. point-of-view, you may get other ideas of where to start: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/HowTo.html Sincerely, Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, R. das Tainhas, Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
