There are many lines in Ponta Delgada with the `Luis` last name. Ponta Delgada has many Parishes and your subject line message is too broad. You should provide any/all information on the person of interest so that someone in this list can check their trees to see if there's a match.
A few of my Luis lines reach the 1600's in Ponta Delgada Martinho Luis Andre Luis Manuel Luis Sebastiao Luis etc. I have other lines, out of Lagoa, Vila Franca, and Nordeste. You can also search the on-line indexes for Sao Sebastiao and Sao Pedro in Ponta Delgada. http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/Default.aspx http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/Default.aspx Also the Eng. Joao Luis Tavares Silva family tree on geneat may contain leads for you. Here's a link. http://gw.geneanet.org/tavaressilva?lang=pt&m=S&n=luis&p= On Mon, May 29, 2017 at 5:50 PM, 'Brenda' via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > Thank you so much. I have looked for 20 years trying to find this family > and it is like hitting a brick wall. > > > On Monday, May 29, 2017 at 4:11:33 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: >> >> Brenda, >> >> Everything over there is organized at the town/village level (most of >> Europe is that way). >> >> Knowing island and council is not enough. You need the freguesia >> (village) so you can find the church. >> >> It will be Luis over there. >> >> The order from small to large would be Ponta Delgada (the council), Sao >> Miguel island, Azores (autonomous region), Portugal (country). The only >> reason I put "island" in there is to eliminate confusion. There's an island >> called Sao Jorge, but there are also churches with that name. There are >> others that I could cite as examples as well. Most people just post the >> freguesia and island and don't bother with the rest. >> >> If you don't have the freguesia (village) yet, here's a list of things to >> get you started to find it: https://goo.gl/vOijK0 >> >> It's on the main site of the Azores GenWeb. You'll want to bookmark it >> and explore it some more: https://goo.gl/Xzol8B >> >> Good luck, Cheri >> >> 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. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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.
