really, although I think this will be a lot of looking, it's quite amazing that all of this is online
On May 27, 2:04 pm, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Suzanne, > > It's one of those cases such as Los Angeles is in Los Angeles County. Velas > (the city or "vila") is in the council (or county) of Velas. Go to the CCA > web site, click on the Parish Registers on the right, then look for Sao > Jorge (island) and click on the council of Velas, then click on the > freguesia of Velas on the next page (last one). Looks like this freguesia > is still coming online. > > Once upon a time, the records were in order. The priest wrote them in the > book chronologically. However, over time, the bindings may have come > apart. They try to keep the pages in order, but once in a while they are > out of order. Sometimes it is noted in the filming that the pages are out > of order. Also, because of the ages of the books and the binding (back in > time), pages could have fallen out and are now missing :( > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
