Rick, It can only be shown by example. Please have a look at this record and compare it to your link. What do you see different?
http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-ESTRELA-O-1799-1811/SMG-RG-ESTRELA-O-1799-1811_item1/P113.html and now look at this one where the words "sui juris" are also displayed. http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-RG-ESTRELA-O-1799-1811/SMG-RG-ESTRELA-O-1799-1811_item1/P116.html You now have enough to draw the proper understanding or interpretation. Cheers, Margaret On Tue, Dec 23, 2014 at 3:31 AM, IslandRoutes < [email protected]> wrote: > This is interesting because it is a different interpretation than what I > was given years ago. It pops up in records for my ancestor Felicianno de > Mello. He was gone from his village for a few years because he was in the > military. He then starts to appear as a godparent with thisphrase after > his name. Another Azorean researcher told me it means "I swear it is > him"...meaning there was some doubt to his identity. > > -- > 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.
