Hi, If I may add to Janet's .. it is a father writing to a son.
He writes: I am writing to you not because I have received a letter from you but from the letter you sent to Rosa. My son, I am letting you know they were looking for you with orders to march on the 12th and because you are not here things are turning ugly.......he goes on to say that his mother takes to bed every time she ears about his situation thinking about him. He also says that if he shows by January for him to advise he was away for a very short time and that he should say he was sick and that Jose Amaro will know what to say to a doctor who will do him the favour but that it must be in secret and not for the Consulate to know. Margaret Vicente On Wed, Jul 18, 2012 at 8:07 PM, BaltarFamily <[email protected]>wrote: > Hi Janet, > > Portuguese is my primary language. I looked quickly at the scan. .Tthe > last page looks like it is missing as the text is not totally completed. > It's about the military service in Madeira Island. Manoel wasn't in Madeira > at the time he was required to show up for the military service. In > Portugal military service is mandatory. So, whoever was writing the letter > - there is no mention about the sender - was trying to give him advice on > how to proceed at the Portuguese Consulate. If you want it translated, let > me know. > > Isabella Baltar > myportuguesegen.blogspot.com > > > On Tuesday, July 17, 2012 10:58:37 PM UTC-4, Jterry wrote: >> >> Hello >> I came across some old letters and documents from my grandparents just >> the other day. I'm very excited about it except they are in >> Portuguese! How do I go about getting them translated? I've attached >> them here as PDF file. I'm not sure how they read because the pages >> are folded so the right side is the first page then turning it over >> I'm not sure if the page reads across or down one side and then the >> other. >> >> Thanks for the help and suggestions. >> Janet Terry >> > -- > 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." > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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."
