Todd, you really need to go to the AzoresGenWeb site and download the Portuguese Genealogical Word List and Portuguese Paleography. There is also a section on the abbreviations that you will need as you to farther back in time. The Paleography also has a section of documents that can be translated line-by-line so you get used to the format the priests used.
Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 8:50 AM, brownat68 <[email protected]> wrote: > Thanks Sandra! > > I do like trying to translate these records these and I am trying a new > tactic with two monitors and an ever growing list of common Portuguese > words and their meaning. > > I have tried to tried to translate the record you mentioned and this is > how bad I butchered it: > > *20 7 in September in thousand 8 hundred 70 Ponta Delgada dioceses? Of > Manuel Correia De jesus what know the come all the* > *Impediment?* > *Not married* > *Husband or wife was 20?* > *Lawful * > *Fransica Carreiro natural of ???? Jesus* > *Rabo de pexia Julia de jesus natural * > *Not married legitimate daughter of Joao Correia and ? De jesus* > > How bad did I do? There were a lot of words I could not make out at all or > find the meaning to. Now that my work has slowed a bit I have more time to > devote to trying to learn more. > > Todd > > On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 8:23:48 PM UTC-4, brownat68 wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> Wondering if anyone has these people and their ancestors I their tree: >> >> *João Botelho* married to *Jacinta Cândida* (*No birth, marriage, or >> death dates unfortunately*) >> Children: José Botelho, birth: 1845 Ribeira Quente, São Miguel, Açores, >> Portugal >> Marriage to: 6 Apr 1874, São Jose, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores, >> Portugal >> >> I am trying to plug a few holes in my recent ancestry. I'd love to talk >> with anyone who has this couple or their family. >> >> Thanks >> >> Todd >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
