Hi Everyone, I have a question on witnesses @ marriages. Were they family members, like godparents @ baptisms?
This is my husband's 3rd grgrandparent's 1822 marriage record and from what I can translate the witnesses are: Ignacio Soares de Albergaria Souza Capitão-mor in the village of Velas & Joao Antonio Cordeiro, single, native of corte of Lisbon And they both signed the document. Wasn't that unusual for people to be able to write then? What "Velas" are they referring to? Velas, Sao Jorge??? Here is the link to the marriage record on the CCA site: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/TER-AH-SE-C-1814-1828/TER-AH-SE-C-1814-1828_item1/P106.html I know the groom's parents are from Sao Jorge but that is all the info I have. Any ideas anyone may have on this marriage would be greatly appreciated. Thank you, Fawn Silva St. Louis, MO -- 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.
