Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy history and Heritage
Last August, I went to São Miguel island, one of the nine Azores islands. I had a referral to a specific taxi driver, Joe, who was known to be pretty good at helping genealogists find families…and he was bilingual, too! I did find Joe, and on our scheduled day, we went to the village that…
Locate the island your ancestor was from. The left column lists the freguesia (like our town/city). The right column lists the church(es) for that freguesia. Each council has 1 large church, which has the designation “Matriz” (Mother Church). Most church records were filmed. Those that were not filmed have an asterik (*) by the name…