As a “newbie” to this list, I have been acquainting myself with many of the past postings. In March, Joao Ventura posted a source for the records of Ribeira Grande, Sao Miguel. I visited the website and found that most of the original records were early 20th century. However, I did find a great source there for the mid to late 19th century in the “Livros de Indices”. >From family records, we know that my husband’s grandmother, Aldina de Jesus Raposo, was baptized in Nossa Senhora da Estrela in 1883. I was able to find her in the index with her dates of birth and baptism given in NUMBERS, not words. Be careful, however, since these are according to the “European” system, day-month- year, 17-9-883.
Arquivo Digital *http://arquivodigital.uac.pt/yii/arquivodigital/index.php?r=site/page&view=arg#*<http://arquivodigital.uac.pt/yii/arquivodigital/index.php?r=site/page&view=arg> Arquivo da Igreja Matriz da Ribeira Grande Livros de Índices Baptismos Livro 1 (1860-1884) | Baptismos Livro 2 (1885-1910) | Casamentos (1850-1910) | Óbitos | Baptismos, Casamentos e Óbitos (1850-1899) This is my experience so far in using these records: Baptimsmos Livro 1 (1860-1884) Beginning in image 3, first name of child, dates of birth and baptism, father, mother, paternal grandparents, maternal grandparents. Indexed by first name of child, then by first name of father, then by “last” name of father. If either of the parents were natives of another freguesia or parish, it was listed. For example, here is how the fathers for children named “Manuel”are indexed: Jose Raposo “ “ n. Povoacao Jose Raposo “ “ “ “ Abelho n. Rabo de Peixe “ “ “ Fortunately, I knew the name of the mother and grandparents from the record of my husband’s grandmother, Aldina or Adelina (indexed under both names.) The 4th listed record was her brother, Manuel, since their mother was Rosa de Jesus (n. Ribeirinho). I also was able to find the record of her other known brother, Tomaz, plus three other hitherto unknown siblings, Jose, Maria and Marianno. Casamentos (1850-1910) Groom, bride, witnesses and date The first records are of the early 20th century. You have to skip ahead in the images to find the earlier ones. These names are alphabetized by groom’s first name and then “last” name. For example: Jose Raposo n. da Conceicao Jose Raposo n. da Conceicao Jose Raposo Abelho n. Rabo de Peixe Jose Raposo de Couto n. da Conceicao Jose Raposo de Medeiros Jose Raposo Pacheco n. Maia Jose Raposo Pereira n. Nordestinho Probably because Rosa de Jesus was a native of Ribeirinho, I didn’t find their marriage. I haven’t delved into the Obitos or combined indexes yet. Hope this helps others and would appreciate hearing other useful tips for these records. -- 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.
