Hi Cheri, That 'freguesia' certainly does NOT have two churches.
In Vila Franca (town) there are the following freguesias: - São Miguel, VFC (Freguesia); Vila Franca do Campo (Concelho/Municipality); São Miguel (Island); Açores (Region); Portugal (Country)*: http://tombo.pt/f/vfc03 - São Pedro, VFC (Freguesia); Vila Franca do Campo (Concelho/Municipality); São Miguel (Island); Açores (Region); Portugal (Country)*: http://tombo.pt/f/vfc04 There are others freguesias in that concelho, but they correspond to other villages. I know that this can be confusing, and indeed in the CCA there are actually books from multiple churches in the same freguesia: - Ginetes, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores: http://tombo.pt/f/pdl09 - notice the three 1904-1911 books for Varzea (this one shows up in the CCA is a distinct freguesia - but it never was) - Santa Cruz, Praia da Vitória, Terceira: http://tombo.pt/f/vpv08 - this one is harder, but there's a couple of burial books for 'Casa da Ribeira', see 1695-1759 and 1813-1833 (CCA hides these books under the main freguesia). Except for the exceptions (which should indeed be noted), in the Azores up to now it is sufficient to indicate the freguesia (NOT the town), concelho and island. Of course we could then go into the dillemma of using the patron saint/church name or the 'civil parish' name. That, I leave as an exercise to the reader, as not even the CCA seems to be following a uniform system there. Regards, João Ventura http://tombo.pt/en *Refer to the recent Cosmos series for the rest of the cosmic address. On Thursday, 27 March 2014 06:20:05 UTC+1, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Todd, > > This is where it gets weird. After my Salt Lake Conference, I have about > 8 researchers willing to work on a standardization for us. We are all over > the place. > > You initially posted with freguesia, island, region, country: > Antonio Miguel Furtado > Birth 1873 in Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel, Açores, PT > Marriage to Maria do Rosario Luiz: 1896 about Age: 23, Vila Franca do > Campo, São Miguel, Açores, PT > > Maria do Rosario Luiz > Birth 1875 in Vila Franca do Campo, São Miguel, Açores, PT > ========================== > BUT, that freguesia has 2 churches: Sao Miguel Arcanjo and Sao Pedro. > Then Shirley codes everything and doesn't use the full church name. > > I don't know how you would ascertain which church. I'd need to see the > record that lists Antonio Miguel Furtado and Maria do Rosaris Luiz. I'm > guessing it was someone's baptism. > > In the meantime, I'll just have to pretend you somehow know the church is > Sao Miguel Arcanjo. > 1) Go to the CCA: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/ > 2) Point the fingertip at the council of Vila Franca and left click once. > 3) Next page should have Ilha: Sao Miguel and Concelho: Vila Franco do > Campo filled in. If it doesn't, change it. Then from the drop down, chose > "Matriz de Sao Miguel" (even though those words never appear anywhere in > the church records of Sao Miguel Arcanjo). Click the round "Casamento" > button and then finally click Procurar. > 4) Scroll down if necessary to where you see the years containing 1896. > So that's the 1895-1899 link. Click "Ver" (to see) to see it. > 5) You are in luck these are grouped by years. Start at page 1 of 1896 > looking for Antonio Miguel Furtado and Maria do Rosario. > > Good luck! > Cheri > > > -- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
