Thanks, this info is great. Fred
Sent from my iPad > On Dec 6, 2013, at 2:41 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Fred E, > > He's abbreviating. The 2nd line: > Igra. de N.Sna? Sra? da Luz, do Lugar dos Fenais ... > > Line 3, after Maria Jacinta: > natural desta Parochial Ig.ra de N. Sna? Sra? > Line 4: > de Amesenta (what?) do lugar de Capellas > > Now, here's what I would do. Have your word list for the abbreviations (or > make your own). Igra. or Ig.ra is Igresia (church). The N. Sna or Sra is > the abbreviation for Nossa Senhora. Now, go out to the Azores GenWeb to > verify the translation and match up the church name and freguesia. Here's > the direct link for Sao Miguel: http://goo.gl/s8BQsn > > Scroll down to the Fs and you will see Fenais de Ajuda and Fenais da Luz and > the church in Fenais da Luz is Nossa Senhora da Luz. (Not to mention Kathy > has a link to the CCA site). > > Now, look at the Cs for Capelas. The church there is Nossa Senhora da > Apresentacao, so that is what the priest was trying to write in his flourishy > handwriting. > > You can thank Kathy Cardoza for the great cross-reference of the Azores > GenWeb. > > Cheri Mello > > -- > 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.
