*hello, there.. A litte girl named Maria was baptized she has a father and a mother that were present at the baptism. normal.
The god father of the child was Manuel silveira azevedo, single, and the godmother of the child is Our lady of Rosario, the cronw of the statue thouced the head of the child, like a sign of bond betteewn the two. Godmother and godchild. We, in azores, keep doing this with the holy spirit, kiss the crown and the ceptro and then the ceptro touch us in the forehead. i guess its a sign of bonding, of keeping our conection with the holy sipirit, and when thew Ceptro touch us, is like a blessing to us from the divinity. Its a ritual, and a very pretty one. Like my wedding godmother, i choose one of the Christian divinity's. No Humans! Did I Help? * 2008/12/17 Mary Bordi <[email protected]> > I found the record for a first cousin twice removed (I think that's > the relationship!). This is from Norte Grande Sao Jorge, 1880. I'm > attaching an image but the URL is here: > > http://pg.azores.gov.pt/drac/cca/biblioteca_digital/SJVNGB1880-1889/SJVNGB1880-1889_item1/P12.html > > The record spans two pages and that link is to the second page. > > The record says something about the godfather "Manoel Bettencourt de > Mattos, casado, proprietario, morador nesta dita freguesia e invocaram > por madrinha a Nossa Sehnora do Rozario, tocando com a corõa de > Senhora a cabeça da baptisada Manoel Silveira d' Azevedo, solteira, > serventuario desta mesma Igreja, as quais todos sei serem os proprios." > > Manuel B de M is married and a property owner who lives in the parish > but I don't quite get what is happening with Our Lady of the Rosary > and her crown and Manuel S de A (who is not married). Any ideas? > > (Hopefully attaching image of complete record) > > Mary Bordi > > > > > > > > > > > > > > -- Iolanda Bettencourt Ávila --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
