Hi! If you look into some other documents of this kind you will see (I am giving an example)
He de Joam + Cruz. As the one going to sign did not know how to write, the person writing the document will do this: He de Joam Cruz. Then the person who the signature was supposed to belong would draw a cross in between the names. So you would have: - He de Joam + Cruz (old Portuguese. Means: this signature belongs to Joam da Cruz) This is why we say in Portuguese: to sign with a cross! This means that you are accepting something without knowing what it is, kind of accepting blindly!!! The dates: - He was baptized in the same parish on the 20th March, 1792 - She was baptized in the 24th May, 1792 Muito Obrigado J, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva (S. Miguel, Graciosa, Alentejo) 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.
