Hi So are there confession rolls for Faial and Pico and All of Sao Miguel? like Cabouco, Lagoa?
Liz On Tue, Dec 13, 2016 at 9:48 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
