Sam, your quest will probably be made shorter if you consider that "Matriz: is the term for the "Mother" parish in any given area. However, you're not out of the woods yet. Since you don't know which* Concelho or (Council).*Again you luck out - there are only two Concelhos on the island of Sao Jorge. Only one, Calheta, has the Matriz de Santa Catarina - or, you could have cheated, as I did, and searched google :)
0l 0 On Saturday, May 24, 2014 10:46:20 AM UTC-4, [email protected] wrote: > > Help please, I need the expertize of the group. If someone is said to > have been born in 1774 in the Matris of Santa Catharina on Sao Jorge, > Azores; which fregueisa (sp) should I look for her in? > > Just in case anyone has my 3rd great grandmother is in anyone else’s tree, > I’m looking for the birth of Isabela Silveira d’Azevedo daughter of Manuel > Silveira Machado and Maria Silveira Neto. > > Thanks in advance for you help, Sam (currently in Asheville, NC) > > > Sent from Windows Mail > > -- 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.
