Thank you Joao, I knew that some where they had to be over 100 years old.
Another question that could be asked is do the churches also keep records? I know in some countries this is done. It would seem to me that they would as a matter of church record. Would you know the disposition of those records? Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, NH From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of João Ventura Sent: Wednesday, July 30, 2014 4:12 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Arrifes baptisms Hi Rick, It's slightly more complicated than that. March 1911 was the cutoff date for the law that required all priests to surrender their parish records to the state. After that, the government-run Civil Registry came into effect, and for that one there's a separate book each year, and the local government services are supposed to deliver to the designated archive all the books older than 100 years. But they're only required to do so every 5 years, so the books starting from 1911 to 1915 will be delivered earliest in 2015. However, as with any government burocracy there can be delays, there's a lot of places in Portugal (and I see some in the Azores) that haven't reported getting any books after 1905. João On Wednesday, 30 July 2014 02:27:23 UTC+2, Richard Francis Pimentel wrote: There is a 100 year rule on releasing records in the Acores. Most likely the records past March are in the next book which could go to 1915 so it will not be released until the last record in the book is over 100 years old. Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, NH Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha, Achada Grande, Bretanha, and Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores From: [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto:[email protected] <javascript:> ] On Behalf Of Elizabeth Migliori Sent: Tuesday, July 29, 2014 5:09 PM To: [email protected] <javascript:> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Arrifes baptisms Hello, Am I seeing this site correctly? I see baptism for 1911 in Arrifes only up to March? Is there somewhere else I an go to? -- 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] <javascript:> . Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. -- 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. -- 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.
