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 Web address FamilySearch Wiki https://wiki.familysearch.org or https://familysearch.org/learn/wiki/en/Main_Page Centro de Conhecimento dos http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/Default.as Acores or Azores Government px site Registos Paroquiais Portugueses http://tombo.pt/ para Genealogia or Tombo

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 or district

Freguesia Parish

Baptismos Baptisms

Casamentos Marriages

Óbitos Deaths

4. Fill in the blanks for the following localities. You will probably have to Google the name of the parish to determine the island and municipality.

Ilha Concelho Săo Miguel Ribeira Grande Lomba de Santa Barbara

Flores Santa Cruz das Flores Cedros

Terceira Angra do Heroismo Cinco Ribeiras

Graciosa Santa Cruz Guadalupe

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 Săo Caetano located? Pico

What is the name of the municipality/district or Madalena concelho? What is the correct record set to search for the Casamentos 1886-1900 marriage of the ancestor?