I've had great luck going in person. Marge actually let me go through the baptismal record myself and although the cliebt swears up and down that his grandfather was baptized at St. John;s, neither Marge no I were able to find it even though we searched a 10 year period! She was very responsive and helpful. No donations were solicited. John
From: Michael Gilfilian <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Tuesday, May 15, 2012 2:33 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] definition First I called and spoke to a lovely woman named Marge Ferreira, if you are very sweet to her on the phone she'll tell you to write to her and she will kindly go look in the books and copy them for you but you need the exact name and birthdate of who you want. Any requests about the cemetery need to go directly to them or she will forward it. I've gotten several things from her in a weeks time each time....mike On Tue, May 15, 2012 at 11:51 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: Mike, > >I am curious as to how you got the baptismal certificate from St. John's? Did >you go in person or mail a request? Did you send a donation if it was by mail? > >I ask because I have tried over the years to get a marriage record for my >great-grandparents from that parish & they ignored me over & over. I sent >donations and even sent a letter to the Diocese asking how to get a copy. They >told me to write to Father Oliveria, which I did & sent a copy of the letter >from the Diocese, but I got nothing. My cousin hired a professional >genealogist to go there & try to get a copy of the record but she wasn't able >to either. I gave up. > >I was so surprised to see you were successful. >Sherry > > > >In a message dated 5/15/2012 6:21:44 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time, >[email protected] writes: >I just received my grand uncles Antonio Silveira Pereira baptism certificate >from st. john the baptist church in new bedford, and one of the sponsors >listed is a "Custodio Pereira da Rosa" my question is a name of a position or >a title of some sort? thanks for your help.....Mike >> >-- >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." -- 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."
