Guys, please call these things by the proper name. They are NOT censuses. Censuses are for enumeration of a population, usually done by a goverment entity. Censuses don't exist for the Azores. These are confession rolls (rólos de confissão or róis/confessado). The priest went from house to house making sure everyone everyone had done confession and received communion (I think). He listed their names, beginning with the head of the household (usually the man), then the wife, then the kids. He lists their ages. Because it happens to list households, it can function like a census for our use, but it is NOT a census. It's a confession roll, used by the Catholic church, not a census mandated by the government.
I don't want new researchers thinking there's censuses out there for the Azores. There's not. And because confession rolls are NOT consider vital records (birth, marriage, death) not many were collected. Graciosa had the most. I think a couple of freguesias on Terceira. And I guess this freguesia on Sao Jorge. So most freguesia do NOT have them online. To see what the CCA holds, you can go to Tombo.pt/en, type in your freguesia, and click on it. It will tell you what is held by the CCA. [image: Inline image 1] Santa Cruz on Graciosa has baptisms, marriages, deaths, acknowledgements (claiming parentage of the baby) and confession rolls. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:26 AM, LouieLouieOhOh <[email protected]> wrote: > Jeremy, > Thank you so much! I could send you lots of relatives from Ribeira Seca > but ... can you check these? I would like to know if their siblings are > listed in the Census of 1875 and 1900. As seen below they were married in > 1870. > > Estevao José Mattos > B-10/10/1832 > D-3/3/1902 > M- May 9 1870 > St. Jorge, Ribeira Seca > > > Maria Inês Azevedo Coração Jesus > B-3/13/1850 > Louie > > > > On Monday, December 12, 2016 at 8:43:51 AM UTC-8, Jeremy G. B-C - > Researching: Sao Jorge & Pico wrote: >> >> Louie, >>>> >>> >> Attached to this post you will find the 1875 and 1900 census sheets for >> your great grandfather in case you did not have them. Note: Jose de Sousa >> Borba is not listed in 1875 or 1900 in Ribeira Seca. If you didn't have >> the attached, I can look up more names for you............ >> >> Jeremy >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
