Thank you Margaret. I was reading what I now know as (thanks to you) "coroa tocou" as one word co???to-cou. No wonder I couldn't figure it out even though the handwriting is very nice.
Bill On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 5:53:07 AM UTC-8, Mara wrote: > Hi Bill, > > The word is "coroa" CROWN. "Our Lady of Miracles was invoked as the > Godmother and they touched the baby's head with her crown". > > That was one of the practice's up to this day. Not very common but > usually based on a faith promise e.g. if the baby is healthy and all goes > well Our Lady will be the Godmother. > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 3:28 AM, <[email protected] <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I found the baptism of my wife's paternal grandfather João Baptista >> Cordeiro in Urzelina, São Jorge Island but I am struggling to read was >> written for his madrinha. I have the padrinho as Antonio Machado Lisboa, >> but for madrinha it looks like instead of a name it has "a invocação de >> Nossa Senhora dos Milagres, com cuja c*???????* na cabeça do baptizado" >> >> I can't make out the word(s) between cuja and na cabeça, but I think I >> have the rest correct. Can someone correct what I have, fill in the blank, >> or explain this to me. I haven't seen this before. Are they praying for >> help in determining a madrinha? >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR-VL-URZELINA-B-1890-1899/SJR-VL-URZELINA-B-1890-1899_item1/P61.html >> It is João, starting on lower left and continuing on the right side. >> >> Thanks, >> Bill Seidler >> >> -- >> 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] <javascript:>. >> 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.
