The oldest Jewish Synagogue is on Sao Miguel Island Azores and was recently restored. I will see if I can find an article on it and post it. George ( Pereira ) Medeiros
Sent from my iPad On Jul 13, 2016, at 3:29 PM, Shirl Sereque <[email protected]> wrote: > Ponta Delgada > > If my memory is correct, there is a Jewish synagogue there, too. I have > some photos of it somewhere on my computer. > - Shirl - > > > On Wednesday, July 13, 2016 12:59 PM, 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. -- 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.
