Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] censuses in Terceira around 1806-9

2014-11-29 Thread aportugee via Azores Genealogy
What a gold mine these books would be if one could find them for their village of interest! Sam (happily back in Mazatlán for the winter!) Sent from Windows Mail -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] censuses in Terceira around 1806-9

2014-11-29 Thread Liz Migliori
Absolutely Sent from my iPhone On Nov 29, 2014, at 8:43 AM, aportugee via Azores Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com wrote: What a gold mine these books would be if one could find them for their village of interest! Sam (happily back in Mazatlán for the winter!) Sent from Windows

[AZORES-Genealogy] censuses in Terceira around 1806-9

2014-11-28 Thread tomlin
Are there any censuses for Angre in the early 1800s, please? -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says Join

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] censuses in Terceira around 1806-9

2014-11-28 Thread Cheri Mello
There are no censuses for the Azores. There is something called the confession rolls. The church made a list of the household of people that they went to as they did the yearly confession before Easter. I would guess not many exist. What does exist is held by the respective church in the

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] censuses in Terceira around 1806-9

2014-11-28 Thread Sonia Pacheco
Sent: Friday, November 28, 2014 2:30:59 PM Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] censuses in Terceira around 1806-9 There are no censuses for the Azores. There is something called the confession rolls. The church made a list of the household of people that they went to as they did the yearly

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] censuses in Terceira around 1806-9

2014-11-28 Thread Tomas Leal
Yes, there are indeed censuses taken in the Azores. I have a copy of a book detailing the families of the frequesia of Santo Amaro, Pico, from a census in 1883 was published a few years ago (limited number) with government grants. There is a similar book for the freguesia of Prainha, Pico. The