Hi Joy,
The title of the book explains a lot. "Registration Book MUNICIPALITY of Ponta Delgada, Azores, Portugal." That would have to be Sao Miguel island. The other Ponta Delgada on Flores island is not a "municipality" (concelho) but a freguesia (village) in the concelho of Santa Cruz. It would still be nice to see a scan of this, just for curiosity sake. On the island of Sao Miguel, there are 6 Registo Civil (Civil Registry) - what you could call a town hall. They have records there from about 1915 to the present. They are not a research facility though. You are in a time period though that you don't need the Civil Registry. The older records are over at the Arquivo e Biblioteca. It's located on the top floor. They will sit you down and put you on the computer to view the records which you can do right now. Tombo.pt/en Stay in the left column and click on Azores, then Sao Miguel, then Ponta Delgada, then Rosto de Cao. I think someone said you wanted the Sao Roque church. So pick that record set. How to read the records is here: https://goo.gl/4Tzc2i You can go to the church in Sao Roque and see it. And you can wander the streets. The chance of finding tombstones are slim to none. After 7 years, the graves are reused and the bones places in a ossuary. Some older tombstones and markers exist. Families pay a fee every year to keep family interred. It's very doubtful to find a family paying for the interment of family from 200 years ago. You can try www.practiceportuguese.com to learn some language. There are others out there too. This one is reasonable and you can sign up for a few months. Enjoy your trip! 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.
