Thanks. I showed this to Joao Ventura and he doesn't think that it's a birth record for "Joam", but rather "Nicolao (or Nicolau).
On Thursday, March 20, 2014 6:14:56 PM UTC-4, Dano wrote: > > Joseph, This is indeed difficult to read, but not impossible. Joam's name > is mentioned at the beginning " legitimate (abbrv) son of "Mathias" da > Costa native of this freguesia of Sam Miguel of Villa Franca do Campo > nasceo (was born) on the 4th day of the month of September 1751, and, was > baptized in this same church of Sam Miguel, matriz of the aforementioned > Villa, parish of his parents on the sixth day of the current month and year > by me, Maoel de Medeiros , Curate of this matriz. Godfather was Mathias de > Andrade, single, parishioner of this Matriz, and witnesses Pedro Corea, and > Miguel Pereyra, and for the record I dated this day, month and as above. > > On Thursday, March 20, 2014 2:45:13 PM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: >> >> I think I may have found my 4th great grandfather's, Joam da Costa's, >> birth record, but I'm not sure. Per my previous post, he is the son of >> Matheus da Costa and Jozefa Pacheco (also appears as Pachequa or Pacheca). >> Can anyone read this. In the link below, it's on the right-hand page in >> the lower right corner. Looks like this is from Sept 1751? I need help >> verifying that these are in fact the names of the parents on this record. >> What about grandparents' names? Anyone see those? >> >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1751-1758/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1751-1758_item1/P23.html >> > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
