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> On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:59 AM, Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote: > > Thank you so much,Margaret! It helps us to have a little "Portuguese" > language lesson for the docs! > > Rosemarie > [email protected] > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > >> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Margaret Vicente >> <[email protected]> wrote: >> Attempting to read these records is not easy but this one is very clear. We >> must pay attention to the "articles, de, do e da" these help qualify the >> nouns and adjectives so we can properly interpret what we're looking at. >> >> Note it says: do Doutro Caetano Jose de Mesquita. The article do in this >> case means belonging or of which then tells us the priest reversed the >> letter R and O and he neant to write Doutor {Doctor} >> >> Cheers. >> >>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:02 AM Richard Francis Pimentel >>> <[email protected]> wrote: >>> I lean toward Doctor if he had meant “doutro” the letter D should not have >>> been capitalized. The way to tell for sure would be to check other records >>> in the time frame and see if his name is written as Doctor. >>> >>> >>> >>> From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of >>> [email protected] >>> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 9:02 AM >>> To: Azores Genealogy >>> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Godparents >>> >>> >>> >>> Hello Maria, >>> If you notice the word Dona on the line above, it appears as if the second >>> word starts with a capitol "D". This appears to be how this priest makes >>> his capitol "D". So it reads "do doutro" which translates to "of the >>> other". If that makes sense. >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 5:37:01 AM UTC-7, Maria wrote: >>> >>> TOP LEFT PAGE FOR MARIA (this is a clear record to read) >>> >>> >>> >>> 8 th line from bottom regarding the godparents: does that say "do >>> outro" or doctor? The Godfather had the same name as his father so it >>> makes sense the priest wrote "do outro". However, the way the priest >>> wrote the word "do" twice, I thought it might be doctor(?). (Did they even >>> use that title?). >>> >>> I also thought this because the godmother had the title of "Doña". It >>> was interesting that the last names were so similar to the last name of the >>> parents: Marques and Marquita. >>> >>> >>> >>> Im still confused why does the priest write "filhos familiar" instead of >>> just the word filhos? >>> >>> >>> >>> Any light on this would be appreciated. Thank you. >>> >>> >>> >>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOROQUE-B-1814-1821/SMG-PD-SAOROQUE-B-1814-1821_item1/P177.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. >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
