I believe the entries on the margins were added later to make finding records easier. If you notice the print on margins is darker. He might have looked at the record quickly and seen "Sebastiao" and thought it was for her. I have seen errors like these before where the names on margins were either wrong or crossed out and re-written.
On Wednesday, January 11, 2017 at 11:43:16 PM UTC-5, Maria wrote: > > Left page last one down > > Wow- Priest wrote Sebastiao in the margin for the name but in the body he > wrote the name of the child as MARIA!! > > Help! (There already was an older sister named Maria. ) > > I'm not sure if I enter this as a female or a male, as Maria or Sebastiao. > Grrr. Maybe go by the body of the baptism? > > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-MOSTEIROS-B-1623-1698/SMG-PD-MOSTEIROS-B-1623-1698_item1/P27.html > Maria Elena > -- 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.
