The proper spelling of the council is Ponta Delgada. The proper spelling of the island is Sao Miguel. The sources I'm going to direct you to use Portuguese spellings. We should all use them to simplify our searching.
You can find the records you mention on the CCA site. That's the Azorean government website. They have digitized the records. Because it's from the Azorean government where Portuguese is the national language, everything will be in Portuguese. So you must use Portuguese spellings. You can use tombo.pt/en as a portal or table of contents to the CCA. The navigation is in English. Once you click on the link to the CCA though, you will be seeing things in Portuguese again. Once you land on the Tombo.pt/en page, look at the left column and type in Faja de Baixo and it will list all the records for that freguesia. As for a Joao born somewhere on Sao Miguel island on what you believe is 7 Oct 1898...you'll need a freguesia. You could search all 70 churches on Sao Miguel looking for him. Here's a list of things to try to narrow down the freguesia: https://goo.gl/vOijK0 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.
