When I was on Pico in 2002 I came across a congregation of Jehovahs Witnesses. John Vasconcelos
On Wed, Jul 13, 2016 at 9:59 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Maybe I'm not remembering correctly, but I swear there were a few (very > few) Civil Registries beginning in the 1830s (this would have been Sao > Miguel island). I'll have to dig around and see what I can find. > > I worked with a student from Terceira. She came to America 3 years ago. I > don't remember how it came up, but I mentioned my mom was raised Baptist. > She looked at me and asked if that was one of those other Christian > religions. I said yes. She said that she didn't know any other religions > existed until she moved to America. In her 11 year old mind, the whole > world was Catholic. Every freguesia she went to had a Catholic church and > had a festa in honor of a saint (or Holy Spirit). So as John said, they are > pretty darn Catholic. > (On Sao Miguel island, I saw one Evangelical church and the LDS (Mormon) > church. There were both in the capital city of Ponta Delgada). > Cheri > > -- > 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.
