Hello group, in special the "Cagarros" :-) Here is the table of what CCA has for Santa Maria:
There are five Parishes (Freguesias) in Santa Maria, although Almagreira is a young Parish, they have books for "Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho". *Vila do Porto - Santa Maria* *Nossa Senhora da Assunção* (Vila do Porto, also know as Igreja Matriz) - 1599 - 1911 It seams that because of the deterioration of some books, they started from 1630, I'm just guessing, by the aspect of their first published book. *Santa Bárbara* (Santa Bárbara) 1640 - 1911 *Nossa Senhora da Purificação* (Santo Espírito) 1671 - 1911 *São Pedro* (São Pedro) 1670 - 1911 *Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho* (Almagreira) 1903 - 1911 *Prior to 1903 records are in Assunção* - Vila do Porto, where Almagreira was part of it, but in the records, Nossa Senhora do Bom Despacho is many times mentioned as their birth place, etc. *Note: *In some cases, or all, the record books may still not be available to CCA up to 1911, hopefully they will be "collected" from the churches (if any) when available, its a gradual process with some "rules". This information was given to me in 2009 by BPARPD. A good link for Wikipedia with extensive work about ALL Igrejas, Capelas and Ermidas of Santa Maria. http://pt.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ilha_de_Santa_Maria#Arquitetura_religiosa Good luck -- Ricardo Chaves -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
