Hello Manita. They don't exist because they didn't survive. You are talking pre-1600's. The fact is we are fortunate to find anything before 1700. The information in RR and others was gleaned from wills, inventories, and other such civil records from the registrars. I believe RR did cite those. Not sure if the Registrar books are online or not. I have never seen them. You have to appreciate many fine native Sao Miguel scholars and genealogists have gone before us, so it is not likely you will find anything more than what they have published and what RR, Canto, Carlos Machado and other lesser known scholars have found. Some of those original sources have also disappeared or decayed beyond legibility. Sometimes there is disagreement on old lines, but you have to be able to read the original sources and cite them to even know the difference. This is not likely unless you are a scholar in the Azores. Not to dissuade you, but perhaps you should contact someone on Sao Miguel who is an expert in Genealogy if you are serious about doing this kind of work. If I knew of any, I would forward their names. Perhaps someone reading can help you with that. For me, I accept the published findings of those scholars, give or take a few errors.
Best of luck on your search, JR On Thursday, December 10, 2015 at 8:40:25 AM UTC-5, manita.morgado wrote: > > Good morning from Toronto, > > Does anyone in this group have the actual CCA links for the baptisms of > the children of João Afonso das Grotas Fundas? > > I realize their names and their descendant names are in RR's book but I > have yet to see the actual baptism records. > > Thanks. > -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
