Don, What's the name of the baby? What record number?
On Sun, Feb 15, 2015 at 4:43 PM, 'don medeiros' via Azores Genealogy < [email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
