I have done some research in Ginetes. Who are you looking for? John
________________________________ From: Altino DeMelo <[email protected]> To: Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> Sent: Thu, December 9, 2010 11:28:41 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Researching maternal line in Ginetes. Need Advice or Help Thanks for the friendly advice Bruce. On Dec 6, 5:31 am, "Bruce A. Tavares" <[email protected]> wrote: > Hello Altino, > > I may have a little info that can assist you. When I was in St. Michael in > 2009 >I researched my Great-Grandfather's birth info. There was no actual birth >certificate for him. It was a baptismal record in a ledger book. I first went >to >the city hall. I was then directed to the library because from what I was told >by the gentleman at city hall, the baptismal records of anyone born before >1920 >are at the library. There I told them the freguesia, and year of birth. All I >had to work with was an obituary from a 1940's newspaper. The woman at the >library was very nice and helpful. About five minutes later she brought me the >old ledger book it had the year, [1873] and freguesia, [Agua de Pau], written >on >the front. This was the original, very old book. Then my wife and I looked >through the book, and because we knew his parent's names it wasn't that >difficult to locate him. The woman made a copy of the record for me for about >1 >Euro. > > I hope this helps. > > Bruce Tavares > > > > > Date: Sun, 5 Dec 2010 16:22:55 -0800 > > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Researching maternal line in Ginetes. Need >Advice or Help > > From: [email protected] > > To: [email protected] > > > Thanks Cheri, > > > I appreciate your help/advice on this. I think my first route will be > > as you suggested and write to the archive and ask for them to send me > > my grandparents birth certificates. > > > Altino > > > On Dec 5, 4:31 pm, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > > Hi Altino, > > > > So far, Ginetes is not on the Web site yet (the CCA Web site). Some > > > freguesias are online up to 1910. Other freguesias are not. So I guess it > > > just depends. > > > > Your choices at this point are to wait (don't know if it will be months or > > > years) for it to come online. Or you mail the archives and ask for the > > > baptisms of your grandparents. You could also pay a researcher to go there > > > for you or fly there yourself. > > > > If you want to write, the address is here on the Azores GenWeb >site:http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/genresources.html > > > > 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 >athttp://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." -- 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." -- 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."
