FranciscoJOSÉ

Genealogia de Castelo Branco, Ilha do Faial , Açores

Mygenealogical database for the parish of Castelo Branco (Faial,Açores) is the result of :

-My indexing work that started with church records for baptisms andobits from 1624 to March 1911and allmarriages from 1711 till 1911... the main source for all this online info isthe CCA or Centro do Conhecimento dos Açores, RegistosParoquiais, Castelo Branco.

-My study of all the family connections from the info collected on« padrinhos » or godparents in baptism and obit records ,from which we can learn more about who was who ( sonof ..., sister of ... , wife of ... ,married to ... etc.) when we can't search in no longerexisting marriage records that have been lost or damaged(especially before 1711).

-All the relevant hints and matches coming from other databases onGeneanet and theGENI website and Familysearch.org at times , and theAzorean genealogical dictionaries  Genealogias das QuatrosIlhas (by Forjaz)especially for nobility ancestry in some lines that can be tracedseveral centuries back in time.