Oops, caught a typo: Ribeirinha rather than Ribeirinho, sorry. On Friday, May 9, 2014 10:47:59 AM UTC-4, Patricia Straube wrote: > > 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. >
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