In baptism records I often find the following circumstance: Maria, married to Manoel Cunha, and Jacinta, married to Antonio Puim, are sisters. Manoel Cunha is listed as Godfather to a child born to Jacinta and Antonio.
Since women often did not use a surname, the sister-sister relationship is not apparent, and there seems to be no genealogical connection between godfather and child. When I later learn of the sister-sister kinship, I need to include a short descriptive phrase to later jog my memory, as well as inform others who may read my information, i.e. 1. maternal uncle through marriage, 2. uncle through marriage to wife, 3. brother-in-law to mother of child. I don’t much like any of my choices and I’m hoping the group will offer something better. Another common corollary is Maria married to Manoel Cunha, and Antonio Puim married to Jacinta, are brother and sister. In this case Maria is the Godmother, but it presents the same predicament. Denis -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
