Fernando, Sao Miguel island has 2 different Ribeira Secas today. Generally, when doing genealogy around Ribeira Grande, if you find an ancestor from Ribeira Seca, it's the one in Ribeira Grande. The other Ribeira Seca that is part of the council of Vila Franca became a freguesia in 2002. Most of us are researching further back. However, if you are researching in Vila Franca back in time, it may refer to Ribeira Seca. You just have to be careful and as you get used to the geography, it'll become clearer to you.
You are working an area where one freguesia in one council is touching another freguesia which is in another council. JR has a pretty extensive database of Ponta Garca people and surrounding areas. He probably ran a search and found your ancestors :) Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Jan 29, 2019 at 6:06 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks for the clarification. Maia is from Ribeira Grande and I think that > municipality has a Ribeira Seca as well. So I wasn’t sure what church they > were referring too. I thought it was odd it said this village of Maia, when > the record is from the Vila Franca municipality? JR, how did you find out > the mother is from Ponta Garca? > > -- > 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.
