Thank you JR. I was confused as to where the children were actually being born because it was so many.
On Mon, Dec 26, 2016 at 7:21 PM, JR <[email protected]> wrote: > Ribeira Quente is part of the concelho of Povoacao. It has always had a > closer relationship with Ponta Garca due to its proximity. It is closer and > easier to get to Ponta Garca from Ribeira Quente than any other large > village. It always had a chapel, however, not until 1833 were marriages > recorded in Ribeira Quente. Baptisms were performed from about 1792 on. The > main industry was and remains fishing. Fisher folk would traverse over one > hill to get to the eastern end of Ponta Garca where they would trade and > sell their fish. They created a path between the two villages, now > abandoned, called Tufo. Ribeira Quente is sort of surrounded by difficult > mountain terrain which makes it difficult to get to Povoacao. In fact until > about 1950, when they created a tunnel right through the mountain, it was a > long way up and around to Povoacao. Besides Ponta Garca, you may see people > from Povoacao, Furnas, and occasionally, from Vila Franca and other > villages. This kind of relationship is true of Furnas, where up to certain > time, all marriage records were kept Maia. Many other small villages in Sao > Miguel had this kind of relationship with neighbouring larger villages > until they became large enough to sustain their own churches. > > JR > > > > On Monday, December 26, 2016 at 4:19:47 PM UTC-5, jemendonca642 wrote: >> >> I am looking at baptism records In Ribeira Quente (1792-1837) and I'm >> wondering why there are so many baptisms of children from other freguisias, >> especially Ponta Garca. Could someone educate me as to why? >> >> -- >> Joseph Mendonca >> > -- > 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. > -- Joseph Mendonca -- 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.
