Thank you to everyone that replied to this request. With information provided from listers with Canto's index and RR's book, both of those gentlemen believed the abbreviation was for Gonçalves. Who am I to disagree with them? J I will go with Gonçalves.
Thanks again for all of your generous help! From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] Sent: Thursday, May 22, 2014 10:29 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: FW: What surname is getz an abbreviation for Could be glz = Gonçalves? or g.te = Gularte (Goulart) ? Em Quinta-feira, 22 de Maio de 2014 14:20, Dano <[email protected]> escreveu: Erica, too bad I didn't see this correction before I attempted to decipher the record on the opposite page - no matter... "Getz" is apparently a surname, although, not of Portuguese origin (could be Flemish). It is interesting, however, that this same person, who is being married in this record, was also a testamunha (witness) in the wedding on the adjacent page. On Wednesday, May 21, 2014 11:10:19 PM UTC-4, audiosourceinc wrote: Is getz another abbreviation for Gonzalves, along with Glz, or is it shorthand for something else? I meant LEFT side bottom entry is the record I am looking at. http://culturacores.azores. gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG- PD-SAOJOSE-C-1630-1701/SMG-PD- SAOJOSE-C-1630-1701_item1/P96. html <http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-C-1630- 1701/SMG-PD-SAOJOSE-C-1630-1701_item1/P96.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.
