Thanks, I see the "por" now and was so caught up into looking for the word "testamento" that I just transformed the word into "foi." You know how your brain plays tricks and makes you see what you want to see! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 2:54 PM Leonor Bertoni <[email protected]> wrote: > I see Por testatmento foi sepultado, by his will he was buried (meaning it > was what he wanted). It looks like he died in Altares but wanted to be > buried in S. Roque where he was born. Sorry, I was speaking historically. > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 at 17:33, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > >> Typically, the death records state if they was a will or not (in the 2nd >> and 3rd time periods). So we have to do with what happened historically in >> the Azores, not what is happening right now in our lifetimes. >> >> This looks like "foi testamento" to me (for there "was a will.") >> [image: image.png] >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 2:19 PM Leonor Bertoni <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I see February 8, 1815. Jose Rodrigues Coelho was married to Benedita do >>> Esperito Santo. He was 75 years old, farmer (I think). I don't see anything >>> about a will and have never seen it in my searches but I haven't been doing >>> this very long. My personal experience growing up in Sao Miguel is that >>> there is not need for a will because the law says that whatever someone >>> owns, when s/he dies, is divided in half. Half goes to the wife and the >>> other half is divided between the kids, if any. Normally, nothing gets >>> distributed until the last person dies. >>> >>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 at 17:03, Sandra Valine Dauer <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/TER-AH-ALTARES-O-1814-1840/TER-AH-ALTARES-O-1814-1840_item1/P6.html >>>> 3rd record on the right please confirm death date: 8th or 18th, age >>>> 70? or Burial? Will? Thank you >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> >>>> Virus-free. >>>> www.avast.com >>>> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> >>>> <#m_8404003330600931566_m_-2035272067429125038_m_-1227230069603800862_m_-1962055066957025400_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >> > -- > 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.
