Thanks for the explanation, John! I sometimes forget to ask that question when helping people with their genealogy. It's very important info since the records online are Catholic Church records NOT civil records.
Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 4:03 AM, 'John Raposo' via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > Allow me to share an interesting experience in this regard. > As many people know, now that I am retired, I do genealogical research as > a side line. Not too long ago a potential client contacted me with the > basics (parents, grandparents and great grandparents' vital dates, *freguesia, > *etc) in order for me to advise if further research was feasible. Despite > the very precise information, I could not locate any of her people. I > e-mailed her to ask if maybe she had given me the wrong years, the wrong > Parish). She e-mailed back and assured me that she had not. And then she > added "They were all Seventh Day Adventists. Does that make a difference?" > It did. I was never going to find what I needed in the parish registers. I > made the mistake that these folks were among the 98% nominally Catholic > population of the 19th century. > We were able to overcome these obstacles on her paternal line and I think > we'll be able to do the same on her maternal line. The films go only to > about 1885 and they do not include all Registo Civil records. In fact, the > Registo Civil was not fully up and running throughout the islands until > after the proclamation of the Republic. > From now on, I will routinely ask potential clients if their ancestors > were Catholic. > > John Miranda Raposo > > > On Tuesday, July 12, 2016 8:41 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > They may be in the Civil Registry records, depending on the time period. > You have to order those on microfilm from the Family History Library (FHL). > I don't think they are on the CCA. But you can double check. > > 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 https://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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
