After having studied the writing of the Priest Manuel de Medeiros letter by letter; I read the name Francisco and concur it is not Joao.
On Sat, 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 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. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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.
