There's something like 2700+ people in that seminary file. I don't think all became priests. I found a 3rd cousin listed and he's not a priest. There was a note after his name that said he was absent.
Ooooh, another link for us to explore. Maybe Kathy Cardoza can figure out how to link it to the Azores GenWeb for us! I had searched an ancestor name and freguesia which caused me to pick up that seminary document. Cheri Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 8:36 AM Margaret Vicente <[email protected]> wrote: > Thank you Cheri, > > I have more than a dozen in the family. Did find the more recent ones. > > As an FYI, and in further checking it seems the Seminary has gone > digital. Here's the link > > http://seminariodeangra.pt/biblioteca/ > > > > On Sat, Mar 16, 2019 at 11:22 AM Mary Bordi <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Ever since I found the obit of a parish priest I have had a great >> interest in knowing more about them. He had been in seminary before the >> years covered by this document but from his obit I learned who his parents >> were and his village of birth. That got me to wondering about all of them! >> >> Mary >> >> >> On Saturday, March 16, 2019, <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Wow, Cheri. What a find! >>> >>> I found my great great Uncle who was admitted when he was 19 years old. >>> >>> He later became Monsignor Azevedo and was the founder of St Elizabeth's >>> church in Sacramento, CA! >>> >>> I had walked by this place in Angra and wondered if there were any >>> records. >>> >>> Thank you!! >>> >>> Lisa Caetano Harley >>> >>> On Friday, March 15, 2019 at 6:54:31 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: >>>> >>>> I somehow tripped across this in an Internet search. >>>> >>>> The title says it's a list of students from the Seminary in Angra, from >>>> 1862-2013. They are all boys, some as young as 10. Not everyone becomes a >>>> priest. It lists the name of the student, where they are from, their >>>> parents, and age. There's an admission date, so just subtract for an >>>> approximate birth. It is an Excel document. Do a Ctrl+F (or Cmd+F for Mac) >>>> and search by FREGUESIA. >>>> >>>> >>>> https://www.google.com/url?sa=t&rct=j&q=&esrc=s&source=web&cd=11&ved=2ahUKEwi-svDfpoXhAhVQip4KHQqAC9QQFjAKegQIBhAC&url=https%3A%2F%2Fseminario-episcopal-de-angra.webnode.pt%2F_files%2F200000757-52d3953d1e%2FAlunos%2520do%2520Semin%25C3%25A1rio%2520Episcopal%2520de%2520Angra%2520de%25201862%2520-%25202013.xls&usg=AOvVaw272mMggzifpSsVMJ91XT-F >>>> >>>> Good luck and happy hunting! >>>> 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. >> > > > -- > Margaret M Vicente > > -- > 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.
