Hi,
… “official de” means the one who develops that kind of work. In Portuguese “official” is the one who has that “ofício”. At that time it was someone “recognized” as a “specialist” on that kind of work. The “official of something” were like our liberal professions: lawyers, engineers, etc, etc. They were like the “upper middle class”… Hope I could explain it, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva (S. Miguel and Graciosa) Azores Genealogy Group -- 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.
