In case anyone wants to know The banns of marriage, commonly known simply as the "banns" or "bans" are the public announcement in a Christian parish church of an impending marriage between two specified persons. It is commonly associated with the Church...
On Sep 11, 2011, at 7:42 PM, rcap...@redshift.com wrote: > Carol, > > In my experience on the Island of Sao Jorge, the priests wrote the posting > of the banns in the margin of the woman's baptismal record. This is during > the 1800's and later. I haven't seen it in the earlier records. I don't > know if there was any special "book" where anymore info was recorded. It > was great because you can search about three weeks forward from the date > in the margin announcing the banns and you will find the marriage record > under the "casamentos" records. > > Rosemarie > > > Hello Group-- >> >> I am researching my mother's paternal line (Madruga) from Freguesia of >> Lajes do Pico on the island of Pico. My question is, since I was not >> brought up Roman Catholic, would there be any microfilm record >> anywhere on the reading or posting of the banns? The church was >> Santa Trindade. To obtain the record, if there is in fact public >> access, would Joao Ventura or anybody else be able to help me? Does >> anyone in the group have any suggestions? >> >> Carol Silva Warnock >> Researching Madruga, Goulart, Vieira & Machado from Lajes do Pico. >> Researching Montieo from Lajes do Mello on the island of Pico. >> Researching (da) Silva from Santa Maria (don't know as yet what >> village or freguesia) >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
