Pam, No wonder, as you are in the time period of abbreviations.
The date says vinte e dois de 7bro mil setecentos e dez which is the 22 of Sept 1710 I think those types of abbreviations go like this (someone correct me if I'm wrong as I don't have access to my notebook to double check myself). 7bro = Sept 8bro = Oct 9bro = Nov 10bro = Dec I believe they are Latin roots...Sept (septagon - 7 sided) = 7; Oct (octagon - 8 sided) = 8; Non (nonagon - 9 sided) = 9 and Dec (decagon - 10 sided) = 10. (And for the propeller heads in my reading audience who remember something about that from school, a dodecagon is 12 sided. And 11 sided is just called an 11agon (at least in the California math books). -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
