Maia has its own records back to about 1674 for marriages. Furnas, before keeping its own church records are kept in Maia. You may have to order film from LDS, as they are not on-line.
JR On Monday, March 3, 2014 4:52:02 PM UTC-5, Rodney Figueiredo wrote: > > There's a Maia on São Miguel. It's part of Ribeira Grande which is not > online, but I've found many family members actually listed on the Furnas > records. However, those don't start until the early 1800s. Prior to that, > I think it's just in the Ribeira Grande records. > > On Monday, March 3, 2014 2:41:21 PM UTC-5, Joseph Costa wrote: >> >> Ok. hoping someone can point me in the right direction. On my dad's >> side of the family, my 2nd great grandfather, Francisco de Medeiros (a >> native of SM, Vila Franco do Campo) married Maria Jose, a native of Maia, >> Portugal. She was born in approximately 1842. I have the names of her >> parents from their marriage certificate. They were married in SM, VFDC. >> Anyone know how I can initiate a search for her birth record from Maia? >> Is there an online database similar to the Azores database? >> > -- 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.
