Thanks Isabella. I have since determined that this is not my ancestor. I'm till trying to find my Joam's birth record.
On Mar 22, 2014, at 8:12 AM, Isabella Baltar <[email protected]> wrote: > 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 a topic in the Google > Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit > https://groups.google.com/d/topic/azores/xqzNkH3jpaM/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, send an 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
