I have been looking at a number of obitos in the last few days and I understand most of what is written. Usually it will give a relationship such as filho/filha, causado/causada, viuvo/viuva, and solterio/Solteria.
If you will look at the record below you will see sui juris. I am guessing that it means roughly no relatives? But what is the actual translation? http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-ESTRELA-O-1799-1 811/SMG-RG-ESTRELA-O-1799-1811_item1/P114.html upper left Rick Richard Francis Pimentel Epping, NH -- 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.
