Joy, That's a typed transcription from 1981. Do you have the original? It's probably handwritten in the book you mentioned. Cheri
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sat, May 5, 2018 at 4:57 PM, Peter O'Shea <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Cheri, here’s the scan of the document. > > > > Joy > > > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Cheri Mello > *Sent:* Sunday, 6 May 2018 4:14 AM > *To:* Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Joao da Souza born 1847, Ponta > Delgada (no island specified) > > > > 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. > > -- > 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.
