Full transciption (some of it is faded). 1) Manoel, son of Jorge 2) Machado Diniz, son of the same name, and of 3) Maria Florinda (?) da Silveira, already both dead (hyphenated) 4) dead, and of his wife, Maria do Es- 5) prirto Santo, daughter of Manoel Silveira 6) Pereira and of Barbara Silveira, already both dead (hyphenated) 7) dead, natives of (faded here; doesn't follow wording of next doc) .... 8) (faded) freguesia of Ribeira Seca 9) that (faded) living in this 10) place of Manadas, parish of 11) Santa Barbara, something and Coun- 12) cil of the Vila of Velas, island of Sao Jorge (hyphenated) 13) Jorge; he was born on the day 30 of May 14) of the 30, I meant to say the 25 of 15) July, was baptized something (priest's name?) 16) something. For godparents Manoel 17) Fidrazo? Pedrazo? de Borba and Izabel Delfina de 18) S. something, both single, both natives of 19) Biscoitos of Calheta, and freguesia some- 20) thing Parish of Manadenzel? (I thought this was Manadas) 21) I think he's babbling about the priest here 22) and here 23) year of birth? of the baptism 24) one thousand eight hundred seventy and seven.
Someone really needed to water down the vinho for him! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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."
