WOW! Marie, you're new favorite cousin! AND my favorite NEW cousin! ;) Very cool - thanks!
On Friday, June 24, 2016 at 10:22:35 AM UTC-7, Marie wrote: > > Hi Eric: > > Sorry for the blank responses--have had too much caffeine this morning. > > Antonia was born 9 August 1812 before her parents were married. Her > baptism record confirms the names of her mother and maternal grandparents. > See top right > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR-CH-TOPO-B-1801-1815/SJR-CH-TOPO-B-1801-1815_item1/P197.html > > Then in 1817 ( top left) her parents, who were married in 1814 brought > her to the church, for a ceremony to perhaps "legitimize" her?? The record > verifies her DOB, but I cannot read what follows. > > We need a person more fluent to explain this record and notes in the > margins of both records. > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR-CH-TOPO-B-1815-1828/SJR-CH-TOPO-B-1815-1828_item1/P34.html > > Thanks for your help. > > Marie Borba Volbeda > > > On Wednesday, June 22, 2016 at 6:44:23 PM UTC-7, Eric Souza wrote: > >> I've been searching for the birth record for my third >> great-grandmother, Antónia de São José, from Topo, São Jorge. She is the >> mother of my great-great-grandfather, Manoel Jozé da Cunha (13 Feb 1843) - >> Manoel's father is unknown, which unfortunately is where my direct paternal >> line ends. >> >> I've found records for four of Antónia's siblings: >> >> Maria da Cunha (20 May 1816) >> Manoel da Cunha (5 Sep 1817) >> Maria da Cunha (20 Nov 1822) >> Manoel da Cunha (Nov 1825) >> >> Parents are Manoel Jozé da Cunha (28 Mar 1773) and Maria de São José. >> >> I've gone through a couple of times and haven't found her! Ugh! I >> especially looked through the gap between 1817 and 1822, but also looked a >> few years before and after. >> >> Does this name ring a bell for anyone? >> >> Thanks! >> - Eric >> > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.

