On Wed, Mar 2, 2011 at 8:03 PM, Miguel de Castro Henriques < migueldecastrohenriques@gmail.com> wrote: > > Found this extremely interesting info, especially for those who have > ancestors in (17th and 18 th century) Atabua, Ponta Delgada and Ribeira > Brava > > > These are taken from the manuscripts of madeiran Dr. Rodrigues de Oliveira, > MD, genealogist, who spent many years researching church documents, before > Arquivo. > > He only transcribed the documents of those he thought were "noble". > Fortunately his criterion was wide, so you find many "common" people who > married with descendants of nobility. > > > http://books.google.pt/books?id=k-kRAAAAIAAJ&pg=PA299&dq=revista+geneal%C3%B3gica+latina,+freguesia+atabua&hl=pt-PT&ei=hk9oTcu_J5CVswaQ38zlDA&sa=X&oi=book_result&ct=result&resnum=1&ved=0CC4Q6AEwAA#v=onepage&q&f=false > > check pg. 303. But it's not the only place in this Revista Genealógica > latina. There are more documents from Atabua in the 8-11 volumes of this > Revista. I dare to say it's a must. > > > Enjoy! > > Cheers, > > > iguel >