Tony S, Sometimes you have to use the shape or outline of the word. Especially when the record is a little faint.
The hour is 11 pm. Six and eleven in Portuguese are both 4 letters. You can draw a perfect rectangle around 6 (seis), but when you do the outline around 11, part of it will dangle down (onze). When the "z" is handwritten that is. I hope this makes sense. 58 is close enough. The person who may know his/her age is deceased, so they are getting the information secondhand from another relative. Depending on that relative and their state of mind (a grieving spouse who discovered her husband out in the field), you may get slightly incorrect information. And depending on the time period, people may not know their age. We are asked about our ages for many applications, banking information, security questions, etc. Our ancestors weren't asked about their birth back then, so they can be off. Yes, it says married to Maria Phylomena. So he was married at the time of his death. If he was widowed, it would have said viuvo de Maria (or viuva in the case of a woman whose husband had died). I think the 4th line above Cha, where he squished in something says that Francisco died in a house that had no number. "sem numero de ____" I can't make out the last word. "without number of ____" He was buried in the cemetery of this freguesia of ____ de Belem. The church in Terra Cha is Nossa Senhora de Belem, correct? You're going great! 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.
