Each council (county) has one Matriz or Mother Church. Some large concelhos (councils) have 2 (that's only on Sao Miguel island though).
Santa Maria = 1 Sao Miguel = 8 Terceira = 2 (sorta - one is really the Cathedral or the Diocese seat) Graciosa = 1 Sao Jorge = 2 Pico = 3 Faial = 1 Flores = 2 Corvo = 0 Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Wed, May 17, 2017 at 7:40 PM, JR <[email protected]> wrote: > The main or mother church of a particular freguesia. > > JR > > > On Wednesday, May 17, 2017 at 10:34:08 PM UTC-4, Elaine Mello wrote: >> >> For those of you not so well educated, what is Matrix? >> >> Elaine >> > -- > 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.
