Hi Margaret, Thanks so much for your help. That little bit of information was indeed helpful enough to tell me it's the wrong person :-( Oh well ... such is the search for information on our ancestors. However, on the plus side, your transcription and translation will help me with being a bit more independent in my continued search :-)
Thank you. Giovanni On Thursday, 22 June 2017 23:26:24 UTC+10, Mara wrote: > > It says: ...........Antonio Cordeiro morador desta Cidade ...queria > transportar a Cidade do Ryo (Rio) de Janeiro pela companhia de seu pai > Filipe de Andrade ....cujo transporte poderia fazer com escala pela Cidade > da Bahia > > It does not give details other than the names Antonio Cordeiro, residing > in this City, made the request acompanied by his father Filipe de Andrade > to travel in the voyage headed for Rio de Janeiro, with a stop at Bahia. > > Hope this helps, > Margaret > > > Hope this helps > > > On Wed, Jun 21, 2017 at 9:39 PM, GCordeiro <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Hi, >> >> I've recently come across the records for passport applications from the >> 1770s ... I believe it was uploaded not that long ago? I thought I'd have a >> look to see if I could find my ancestor's name there and much to my >> surprise, there's an entry with his name in it ... or it could just be >> someone else with the same name :-/. >> >> From what I understand, the application may give information about the >> individual's residence, occupation, destination, etc, and I'd really >> appreciate if someone could give me a hand with reading the record ... >> beautifully and neatly written as it is, it still looks like squiggly lines >> to me :-( >> >> The details of the individual - Name: Antonio Goncalves Cordeyro ('i' and >> 'y' often interchanged). I believe the middle name is not mentioned in the >> passport application. Born in 1753 in Biscoitos, Terceira but was living >> elsewhere by around 1780 (I have noted that the passport application was >> made in Jul 1773). >> >> The record is here: >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1770-1775/PASSAPORTES-TER-1770-1775_item1/P92.html >> >> (second entry on left hand side) >> >> I've also also attached my attempt to come up with a slightly clearer >> image - not sure if I've succeeded. Understanding this record would mean >> so much to us. >> >> Thank you. >> >> Giovanni >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Margaret M Vicente > -- 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.
