Hey, thanks for all that information. I have some early ancestors in Ponta Garca that received dispensations in pre and early 1700's stating 4th degree consanguinity. If ever I found the document that could take some of my ancestors back to 1600 or before. Maybe one day...
JR On Sunday, July 22, 2018 at 5:01:47 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > For those interested in the dispensations: > > A dispensation is what a couple needed to obtain when they were going to > marry a relative. The dispensation should contain interviews with the > couple and how they are related (will state the lineage). > > Because the Diocese for the Azores is in Angra, the dispensations are > housed in the Angra archive. > > The dispensations are very hit and miss. I'd say more on the "miss" side. > They have only what they have. Many dispensations no longer exist. > > The first photo (80244) shows the request I made to see some > dispensations. They call them "Dispensations of Matrimony" so that is what > I called them. I am in their country, so I write in Portuguese. I include > the island and the years I want. Not all years exist. > > The next photo (92811) shows how the dispensations come. They are bound up > in packets, tied with a cotton ribbon. You can see a couple of other > packets to the side. > > Photo 920845 shows what it looks like when you open the packet. There's a > stack of dispensations. They are chronological. You have to look through > them. > > Photo 92945 shows a later dispensation. It names the bride and groom and > to the right, states the degree. The left states the church. The older ones > are not as nice as this. Some are a few pages and some are many pages. They > all varied. > > Photo 94345 shows 50 years of dispensations on Pico. The third most > populated island. That's not the much considering how intermarried the > Azoreans are. > > 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.
