Dear Listers, I agree with Mary Anne. The NEPS site should be used as a guide and then you can go to the actual documents on the Azores Government site (the church records for Pico are all there) to check them out yourself. One of my great grandma's was listed as Andrea and it is clearly Andreza on the record. Also my grgrandpa was listed as Joao Goncalves Santana and I had him only as Joao Goncalves. When I went and checked the marriage record it was clearly only Joao Goncalves and Maria Rodrigues. So, at some point he added the Santana.
Be advised that the NEPS records for Ribeira Seca, Sao Jorge are only from 1800 forward! Don't think that your person is not Ribeira Seca because he doesn't appear when you search. Anything prior to 1800 is not on the site according to Joao Ventura. These types of things along with not listing the abandoned/illegitimate children leaves a lot of people out of the picture. Rosemarie -- 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."
