Hi Cheri Thank you for all that good advice. I have been through the Urzelina baptismos a couple of times for 10 years each side of Caesano looking for siblings in Urzelina and haven't found any as yet. When I can get into the site (it is always out on Saturday mornings here in Australia - frustration) I will take your advice about the baptism at the time of marriage. Both sets of parents in Lucas' marriage record are said to come from the same parish of Urzelina. A couple of questions you might be able to help me with: I can't find a comprehensive map of where all of those parishes are in relation to each other. I can see a couple of them. What would be the closest to Urzelina? Some of the other ancestors came from Rosais and Velas.?? Also, in looking for lists of siblings I have found that the families are small and that the children are spaced at 3 or 4 years apart. Is this because I haven't found them all, or could this be usual.???? Even if the babies had died at birth or shortly after I would imagine that they would still be baptized and in the records. ?? I appreciate your help and feel that I do need some more of this general background. There is very little literature available on life in the Azores in English, but I am waiting on a relevant book to be sent from the other side of the country to my library and hope that will give me a bit more insight as well. I can't get my head around what their lives would have been like. Diane Donnon
On Friday, 30 November 2012 10:52:24 UTC+10:30, Cheri Mello wrote: > Diane D, > > Go back 9 months from Caesano's birth and start looking. Collect all the > siblings until you go about 4 years with no kids. Then go back to Caesano > and go 9 months after his birth and collect all the siblings until you go > about 4 years with no kids. Then look at all the kids and see if there's > any huge gaps. Also, do there seem to be missing pages for those years? > (page 21, 22, 23, 35, 26, 37.....then some pages fell out). > > If the parents aren't from the same freguesia, check the other freguesia > in the huge gap. > > Get Lucas' marriage date. Go to the baptism book to the date closest to > the marriage and start going back in time looking for Lucas' baptism. I > had one ancestor who somehow was missed as a baby and he was baptized > shortly before his marriage. > > You could also check a couple freguesias on either side of the supposed > freguesia. Maybe Lucas was sick and they went one freguesia over to get > him baptized in a hurry? > > Just some ideas. > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > -- 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."
