Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] General Question about records

2015-08-22 Thread Cheri Mello
You have to write to the Civil Registry. Hopefully you know the date. It is item 2 on this link: http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~azrwgw/genresources.html Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Sat, Aug 22, 2015 at

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] General Question about records

2015-08-22 Thread Sean Andrade
How do you retrieve someone's death record if they died after 1911? Is there a place to email that has this information? -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at

[AZORES-Genealogy] General Question about records

2015-08-21 Thread Sean Andrade
Hi, As I search through baptism records I came across people with only first names. If you look at the link on the bottom left and bottom right it looks like records for two different people named Ignacia:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] General Question about records

2015-08-21 Thread Cheri Mello
Sean, That's the way it works.a baby is baptized by first name ONLY. I think in my 23 years so of research, I've seen only 1 baby with two given names. It was someone who posted it recently on this list. Start with what you know and work back. That way you will always have the parents'