Thank you for your assistance, I did what you suggested. Given I knew his sister's birth date I started from there and eventually found her baptism record as well. It was helpful as it gave some additional last names.
I am having trouble reading the paternal grandmother name: Joao de Medeiros Palheta and Maria d' [...] On the previous record it was Maria de Jesus. http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-ARRIFES-B-1890-1899/SMG-PD-ARRIFES-B-1890-1899_item1/P1221.html On Sunday, February 15, 2015 at 12:06:41 PM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: > Don M, > > You are a fast learner! > > Once you get the gist of these, you'll only be extracting the pertinent > information. > > If you are new to "reading" the records, go back and find Antonio's > siblings. You are very lucky, as you are in Arrifes and that priest has > beautiful handwriting. Go to Dec of 1892 and keep going forward, looking > for the siblings. Let your eyes focus about half way down for the filho > legitimato (or with the "a" if female). When I teach the class on how to > "read" the records, I tell people to look for the slanted longer letters - > the ones where they loop up tall or hang down low. In this case, for the > word "filho" you'll want your eye to catch f, l, h of filho. And you'll > want your eye to catch l, g, t of "legitimato." Once you've worked your > way forward and go 4 or 5 years with no babies, go back to Antonio and work > backwards (9 months before March is June 1891). > > You can post the record extracts, for example, saying you found Maria, but > you can't read the date, in May 1888, daughter of _____ and ______, but you > can't read the paternal grands, for example. You won't need to type it out > line by line anymore. > > When you get back to about 1860, the records will change format. The > good: The parents' name are on top now. The bad: The writing > (paleography/penmanship) is usually way worse! > > Good luck! > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > -- 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.
