Lee E, They were a little too comma crazy back then. I don't know what modern Portuguese is like in these records today, but if I wrote something with that many commas in English, I'd have a lot of red marks on my paper and probably sent to remedial English.
Laurianna Florinda, of the age of 74 years, worker domestic, widow of Francisco Costa Duarte, native of the freguesia of Sao Matheus of the island of Pico, council of Magdalena, of the same Diocese, daughter legitimate of Francisco de Mattos, and of Joanna Ignacia, ja de functoS, naturaeS of the same freguesia of Sao Matheus, blah blah blah Too many commas. And you would think that the reference after the name should refer to the last named person, but not all priests/scribes wrote like that. I read it a couple of times. The "s" after Laurianna's parents are referring to both parents. When both parents are from the same freguesia, the notation is made after the mother's name and has an "s" after it. Laurianna's parents are from Pico. Laurianna might be from Pico too. I kinda think that's what the first mention of S.Matheus refers to. Even though this is one big paragraph with a zillion commas, Laurianna is the subject and I think that the references are all to her, even though they put the S.Matheus after Francisco's name. They should have written (in my opinion) that Laurianna was 74, native of S. Mateus, widow of Francisco, daughter of so and so.... Then it would have been crystal clear. Laurianna's marriage will state where she's from. Check S.Mateus on Pico and check the village Francisco is from. 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.
