I don't read neither Joam, nor legitimate. This is a very decorative penmanship and needs further study on this specific handwriting. I quiclkly went back and forth on some pages to check on the scriber writing and the way he writes Joam is very different from that one, the word legitimate as well is not present after his name.
Joseph, I suggest you to research that book and try to find a similar pattern for that name, if you think this record is from your family. Isabella Baltar myportuguesegen.blogspot.com On Friday, March 21, 2014 6:55:25 AM UTC-4, Joseph Costa wrote: > > 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.
