Hi Sam, talking with old folks from my wife's village, Santana - Nordeste, I asked around and also got this other meaning for Ceareiro (Seareiro), a man that produces wheat only. In other words, this man would have a few lands, owned or rented and would only produce wheat. Santa Maria used to be called the "Celeiro de Portugal" Portugal's Silo, as the climate there was and still is the driest of all Islands, in the old times, wheat was produced all over the Island in enormous quantities and exported to several countries. A common sentence around here was "Seara de Trigo" means a wheat field.
regards Ricardo Chaves On Thu, Aug 4, 2011 at 2:10 AM, Sam Koester <[email protected]> wrote: > Ricardo; Thanks much for this information. I really do like to know as > accurately as possible what the records are “saying” and feel it is > important to translate the entire record because we never know if there is > some surprising bit of information that we might not know if we don’t > translate the entire record. There is really so little we can know about > our ancestors so the “small things” really make a difference to me.**** > > ** ** > > I will check out the program you have mentioned below as well. **** > > ** ** > > Again, thank you, Sam in CA**** > > ** ** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Ricardo Chaves > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2011 9:01 PM > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation Help Please**** > > ** ** > > Sam, > > I've done a small research, Ceareiro (most Priests write it down with a C > but you will also find with an S) or Seareiro, are man that use to be > responsible for keeping crops safe (a kind of Silo guards). Look for the > words Silo, Celeiro (Barn), Ceara, Cereais (Cereals) or Seara, Milho (Corn), > Trigo (Wheat), so on. > > Campones (in current written portuguese, theres a "hat" on the e - ê its PT > character I don't know if your PC can read it) So this Campones, is a man > that may own small quantities of land or just rent them and produces small > quantities of agriculture products, potatoes, beans, etc. > > Lavrador is in general a man that owns cattle or takes care of cattle, not > all Islands had conditions to produce milk, in fact, even today, just a few > have. So some would just produce meat, all in small quantities, usually of > local use or small sale. > > I think that in US the word FARMER is used to all activities, here there > were a few, according to each activity, still is. > > I use this free software for a few years now as a quick image editor > http://photofiltre.free.fr/ I'm a Photoshop and many more design software > user, for some time, I work with design, image, photography, etc, so I can > affirm that this little program, besides being free and small, is quite > simple and at the same time powerful. Look for Downloads, its available in > several languages. > > Cheers > > > **** > > On Wed, Aug 3, 2011 at 1:19 AM, Sam Koester <[email protected]> wrote:** > ** > > Cheri, Thanks for the quick response. I will try working with the program > a bit more. J Sam in CA**** > > **** > > *From:* [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] *On > Behalf Of *Cheri Mello > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 02, 2011 5:59 PM**** > > > *To:* [email protected] > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translation Help Please**** > > **** > > Sam,**** > > > > The file was a little small. I aim to save them at 250-300Kb. I was able > to enlarge it, but it was a little pixelated. It was sort of dark in spots, > though. It seems like the program is doing the trick. Give yourself more > time to learn it. > > Lavrador, campaneo, etc are farmers or day workers. I think that the women > of the house being "in your face" is pretty funny! > > 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."* > *** > > -- > 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."* > *** > > > > > -- > Ricardo Chaves > www.rchaves.com**** > > -- > 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."* > *** > > -- > 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." > -- Ricardo Chaves www.rchaves.com -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. 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