The Catholic Church required the dispensations. My greats had a dispensation in New Bedford, Massachusetts. But, in America, it was just a side note in the marriage book. I don't know that dispensation packets exist. I took pictures of the ones in the Azores and will upload in a week or 2. Cheri
On Jul 3, 2018 3:48 PM, "Elaine Mello" <[email protected]> wrote: > My grandparents were cousins, but got married here in the US, so there > wouldn't be anything back in the Azores for them (presumably), > > Antonio Mello (b1889) was a great grandson through Ana de EspĂrito Santo > through Antonio De Mello Barboza (b 1819) and my grandmother Maria Lima (b > 1890) was a great granddaughter of Ana through Manoel De Mello Barboza (b > 1829) via his daughter Francisca Roza De Mello (b 1854). Unless that was > tracked back home at some point even though they got married in the States. > > 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.

