Lee in WV, You're doing great in "translating" these records. The learning curve is what you describe: getting the names and the month, but the numbers (day and year) come last. And it doesn't help when they pick up their pen, dip it in the ink well, and then don't connect words that should be connected...or run words together!
Born is nasceo. So right after that is the day of birth. You can see a list of numbers here: http://goo.gl/X1au34 They don't have the old spellings (hum for um which is one) and I've never seen 18 written as dezeoit. I've seen dezeoito. But you can get the general idea. Back to your record. Line 7: Ignacia; naceo a desessete do mez de Julho do mil Line 8: oi to (oito) centos quarenta ("n" looks funny) e um...... English: Ignacia; born on the 18 of the month of July of the 1000 800 40 and 1 9th line, 3rd word: vinte (20). Her date of baptism. Soon, you'll be the 2nd set of eyes, helping newcomers "translate" their records! Keep up the good work! 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.
