Krystal G, CCA = Centro de Conhecimento dos Acores. In English, that translates to Center of Knowledge for the Azores. You can kind of think of it as their regional archives, similar to the American NARA.
Here is the URL: http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/ They have some books digitized, passaportes leaving the Azores (port of Ponta Delgada only), and many parish records. They DON'T have Graciosa, Faial, or Santa Maria. Sao Miguel is almost 2/3 done, I'd say. The other islands are done. If you have your freguesia, you can start at the CCA site. If you are still looking for your freguesia over there, you should start here with this how to guide that will help you locate your freguesia: http://goo.gl/oGIjYH The main site is here. You may want to bookmark that as well: http://goo.gl/kIkwXQ Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
