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On Fri, Jul 12, 2013 at 11:07 AM, rcapodc <[email protected]> wrote: > Cheri, > > Thanks for writing this down, I always have to think about it when I see > the numbers with the bro! Sometimes you will see Xbro for December also so > it’s nice to write that one in to the vocabulary of the records! > > Rosemarie > > *From:* Cheri Mello <[email protected]> > *Sent:* Friday, July 12, 2013 8:14 AM > *To:* Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with date > > 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. > > > > -- > 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. > > > -- 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.
