Hi Annie, The Azores are comprised of 9 islands. You need to narrow down the island first, then find the village. Everything there is organized by the freguesia (village).
The Azorean government digitized their records. Many freguesias go to the year 1911 and a few only go to 1905. The records can be accessed through Tombo.pt. Click the British flag if you need to navigate in English. None of this will be useful unless you have a freguesia. It would be like a European telling you there ancestor was born in the United States. There's no comprehensive index for that. Most of America is organized on the state level with New England organized on the town level. Good luck, Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 1:51 PM <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hello: > My grandmother's name is Margarida Benevides Cabral. I think her parents > were Joao Benevides Cabral and his wife Marie F. Benevides Cabral. > They came to Boston in 1903 onn the SS Commonwealth and headed to Fall > River, MA. > My grandmother was born in August 1898 or 1899. > > I am traveling soon to Ponta Del Gada . > > Is there a place that I should look i.e. City Hall or elsewhere , that > might have more information than what I can currently get on Ancestry. com? > > I'm trying to find her birth place. > > Thank you. > Annie > > -- > 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.
