Azores Parish Records Online

Azores Parish Records Online
Portugal “How to” Guide, Beginner Level: Answer Key
October 2015
1. List three Internet sites you can use to access the parish records of the Azores and write
down the web addresses.
Name
FamilySearch Wiki
Centro de Conhecimento dos
Acores or Azores Government
site
Registos Paroquiais Portugueses
para Genealogia or Tombo
Web address
https://wiki.familysearch.org or
https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page
http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/Default.as
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http://tombo.pt/
2. What are the search terms you would use to find the links to the websites in the
FamilySearch Wiki?
Azores Genealogy
3. What is the English equivalent of the following Portuguese words?
Ilha
Island
Concelho
Municipality or district
Freguesia
Parish
Baptismos
Baptisms
Casamentos
Marriages
Óbitos
Deaths
4. Fill in the blanks for the following localities. You may have to do a web search for the
name of the parish to determine the island and municipality.
Ilha
São Miguel
Concelho
Ribeira Grande
Freguesia
Lomba de Santa Barbara
Flores
Santa Cruz das Flores
Cedros
Terceira
Angra do Heroismo
Cinco Ribeiras
Graciosa
Santa Cruz
Guadalupe
Corvo
Vila do Corvo
Vila Novo do Corvo
5. A guest’s ancestor was married on 25 August 1889 in São Caetano and he would like to
locate the birth record. Answer the following questions regarding his objective.
On which island is São Caetano located?
Pico
What is the name of the municipality/district or
concelho?
What is the correct record set to search for the
marriage of the ancestor?
Madalena
Casamentos 1886-1900