Jesse: "Assuncao, Porto, Santa Maria" undoubtedly refers to the *Church of Nossa Senhora da Assunção in Vila do Porto, Santa Maria*. Thus, your Francisco d'Andrade was most likely born in the Parish of the Mother Church. I don't know of any on this list who have accumulated records from Vila do Porto. These records are however available on microfilm through the Family History Centers of the Church of the Latter Day Saints. Five reels contain the records of Vila do Porto 1599-1892. Francisco's baptism would probably be found on reel #1388405 or 406. Since the baptisms are recorded sequentially, you should be able to locate his time frame without too much effort (??).
My wife and I have thus far confined our efforts to Santa Maria's northeastern parish, Santa Bárbara. We do know of at least one person on this list researching the Parish of Santo Espírito. She perhaps will respond when she sees your reference to Francisco's parents. I do not find the village of Candeias within Santo Espírito Parish, however this has no bearing on locating his baptismal record. Denis On Tue, Jan 17, 2012 at 1:23 AM, Jesse Pacheco <[email protected]>wrote: > I have a Francisco d'Andrade in my tree who was born in about 1771 in > Assuncao, Porto, Santa Maria. His parents were Miguel dos Merces who was > from Candeias, Santo Espirito, Santa Maria, and Roza Margarida. > > Francisco had moved to Sao Miguel by 20 Aug 1796 when he married his first > of three wives (I believe they were all originally from Sao Miguel). He > died in 1839. > > -- > Jesse Pacheco > [email protected] > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to Azores+unsubscribe@** > googlegroups.com <azores%[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<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."
