I'm glad to have helped :D The vocabulary used in the records is limited, and with very little practice, you can be reading them in no time. FamilySearch.org has a list of words used in the records on their site, and that's really all you need to get started.
Here's a transcription: Elvira Augusa de 30 anos, casada com Antonio Augus- to da Cunha, proprieta- ria, natural da freguesia de Santa Cruz ilha Gracio- sa deste districto; levando seu filho, Joao Augusto da Cu- nha de 15 anos solteiro, traba- lhador, Alfredo Augusto da Cunha de 11, e Rosalia de 6 anos, todos da dita freguesia. Good luck! On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 7:49:53 PM UTC-7, Colleen Wright wrote: > > Thank you so very much Linda. That is definitely my great grandmother and > her children. My grandmother, her daughter came at a different time. So > thrilled to have found this.My skill level is zero! It is good enough for > me to be able scan the records on tombo.pt but I'm not able to translate. > > So excited to share this with a cousin of my father's who happens to be > daughter of Alfredo! > > Obrigado, > > Colleen > > Sent from my iPad > > On Oct 10, 2016, at 7:41 PM, linda <[email protected] <javascript:>> > wrote: > > Hi Colleen, > > Here's a translation of the top, right corner entry. I broke it up by > lines as they are in the original document so you can compare the two. I > don't know your skill level, but I'd be happy to provide a transcription > too if you're trying to learn to read the records. > > passport number: 838 > August 30th > Destination: United States of North America > > Elvira Augusta, aged 30, > married to Antonio Augus- > to de Cunha, proprieta- > ria, native of the parish > of Santa Cruz, isle [of] Gracio- > sa of this district; taking her > son, Joao Augusto da Cu- > nha aged 15 single, labor > -er, Alfredo Augusto da > Cunha [the age] of 11, and Rosalia [aged] 6 years, > all of the said [i.e., the same] parish. > > Linda > > > On Monday, October 10, 2016 at 4:46:29 PM UTC-7, Colleen Wright wrote: >> >> I believe this to be my great-grandmother's passport along with 3 of her >> children, Alreado, Rosalia, Joao (Jose)! I know they arrived 9/16/1913 on >> the ship Canopic. >> >> Top right corner >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1912-1914/PASSAPORTES-TER-1912-1914_item1/P118.html >> >> Thank you again for your help, >> >> Colleen Wright >> Researching: Cunha, Bettencourt, Rosa from Graciosa >> > -- > 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. > > -- 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.
