Wow- thank you for all your help. I did go back and review and learned. I've learned a lot from this group and thank you.
Maria Elena Sent from my iPad > On Nov 14, 2013, at 11:31 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Maria Lima, > > It's a "c." It's just the way he writes it. > > What I did when I was learning (and I do now too, if I get a different > priest/scribe) is to look for a KNOWN word. > > The "c" in the middle is in question. So I look for a word that I know with > a "c" in the middle. Like Francisco. Not a "c" at the beginning, as in > casado, because those "c"s may be different. Luckily, this priest was pretty > consistent with his penmanship. > > Next, I would look for ALL the kids of Feliciana and her husband. I would do > this for 3 main reasons. 1) I'm really learning handwriting or penmanship > (paleography) of that time period. 2) I'm really increasing my reading > skills....after all, I'd be getting used to those weird "c"s in Feliciana. > 3) To make connections with other researchers, I'd really need the siblings > of my ancestor. And my genealogy program keeps them organized. > > Joao Ventura, the archivist, also gives a lesson in his speech about > paleography. Although today, we would make that "c" by starting up at the > top and curving around counter clockwise, not all letters were done that way > back in time. Some letters could start at the bottom and go clockwise. I > don't remember if the "c" was one of those letters or not. Studying letter > formation over time may be of help to you. > > Since I come from a teaching background, I've had to read some pretty bad > penmanship (students and other teachers or coworkers). I think that gave me > a little bit of an advantage in reading these old records. > > 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. -- 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.
