James,Those records are online at: www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig. Once the site loads you will see pictures of the islands, click on the white dot for Angra (to the bottom of the Island). Once the next page loads, you will see three boxes—the first says Terceira, the second should says Angra, click on the arrow next to the 3rd box and a list of the village will appear. Click on “Altaras. Look at the bottom list and click on “baptismos” and “procurar” You will then see a list of dates, the one you want is 1900—1911, click on “ver”. Scroll down to 1906 and go to the Image #11, your grandmothers baptisms starts on the bottom of the righthand page, document #25 and then continues onto the next image, #12.
Good luck, Rosemarie From: Dr. James Pedreiro Sent: Friday, January 31, 2014 12:13 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Sousa genealogy in Altares,terceira Hi All, I'm starting to do research on my moms maternal side. My grandmother is Maria L. Sousa (b. 5/2/1906) in altares, terceira ,parents were Manuel Sousa(9/1872?) and Isabelle Cardozo(2/1903?) Family History say possible relationship to francisco de Sousa (slave trader) my family has the nick name Shimbao or ximbao which they said was the name of the slave ship?. Any help would be appreciated! -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
