Bob C, The word freguesia doesn't exactly translate. You can basically think of it as a village.
Confession Rolls have be discussed here in the past. The church kept a kind of roll call of who went to confession every year before Easter, I believe. It's done by family, so it's almost a kind of census. Not many of these confession rolls are at the archive level however. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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.
