The baptismal record I sent was from a microfilm that I was using at a Family History Center. I scanned the image from the film. There are a lot of films that cover the Catholic Church's parish records for the Azores & places all over the world. There are about 20 FHC's in Alaska from what I see. I don't know where you are or how close you may be to a Family History Center. Go to : familysearch.org & click on Family History Centers. You can do a search for the state to see where the Centers are. Maybe you will be lucky & one will be close to you. Good luck! Sherry In a message dated 12/8/2011 8:16:06 A.M. Pacific Standard Time, borgesk...@gmail.com writes:
Hi hi hi! Writing from Alaska with a general question: I am researching my husband's grandparents' lives and emigration from the Azores. I see the post regarding baptismal records and am wondering if these have been compiled somewhere online? Or are people providing these from family records and scanning them in, for individual input? In our case, we have two handwritten birth records which I've tried to translate using the online sites, to little avail. I am overwhelmed but energized to find all of you! The towns I am focused on are Praia de Vitoria and Ribeirinha, surnames Borges and Voz Toste respectively. They both departed in 1917-1920 and married in California. I'm also coming to a dead end when looking online for marriage records. Hoping to contact all of the Catholic Churches in the county which were there in that era, maybe that's a start? Thank you for any leads. My thoughts are scattered and I am a beginner, so I apologize for being all over the ... map. ; ) -- 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."
