Tammy, thank you! I think I'm now in the Villa de Praia but Wikipedia says that's part of Sao Mateus. It's all so confusing but Cheri was very helpful getting me started in those eye-bleeding documents.
I think we should all do a Go Fund Me to hire someone to transcribe and translate all those docs. haha On Saturday, September 3, 2016 at 8:26:32 PM UTC-5, Tammy Jesso wrote: > > Christian > > If you need any help, I'd be more then happy to help you. I've done lots > of research in Sao Mateus, Graciosa > > Tammy Jesso > > > On Sep 3, 2016, at 8:21 PM, Christian Day <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > > Hello all, > > I've been buried in the confessional rolls of Graciosa trying to find my > ancestors Manual Machado (b.abt.1805), his son Francisco Machado, and his > son Jacintho Machado but last names are not often used. For example, the > following document seems like it could be my Manuel Machado and two > children I wasn't aware he had, but his name is abbreviated. I saw "Maxado" > spelled out on another page and yes, I know that the 'X' is used in place > of the 'ch' but I wonder why they abbreviate it some places and not others > and if anyone has a key to these abbreviations. > > The example I'm asking about is in the lower right of this page: > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/GRA-SC-SAOMATEUS-S-1867-1869/GRA-SC-SAOMATEUS-S-1867-1869_item1/P73.html > > Many thanks! > > Christian > > -- > 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 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.

