The 4th letter is a G, not a Q: F-R-E-G-U-E-S-I-A. We use it like the word village, but it doesn't translate properly, so we don't translate it.
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sat, Dec 17, 2016 at 10:36 AM, pjm47 <[email protected]> wrote: > What is the word Frequesia mean ? > > > On Saturday, December 17, 2016 at 12:30:08 PM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: >> >> Paul, >> >> Guessing and assumptions are a dangerous thing! >> >> Really, though, you are not ready to start searching over there. You need >> to start in America. You need to start with her death (get the >> certificate), obituaries, naturalization/alien registration, censuses, >> marriage from the church book (not the certificate), etc, etc. A how to of >> sources can be found on the Azores Gen Web here: https://goo.gl/xYgVpZ >> >> Or you can use the needle-in-the-haystack method. Sao Miguel has about 70 >> freguesias to search. You have about 68 more to go. :) >> >> Seriously though, it took me 4 years and 25 documents until I found my >> freguesia. I've got a couple of more documents now and it's still only that >> one document where the freguesia is stated. That was all before computers, >> so now maybe it would take me a couple of months to find the freguesia. >> >> Good luck, >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> > -- > 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.
