Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with name of bride's father, please?

Wow, Cheri, I just went to the record where you found the abbreviation and I would have totally missed that. I really appreciate it😀 Maria Elena > On Feb 16, 2019, at 3:17 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Vieira. I turned the page looking for a similar letter in a word I would > recognize, and I

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with name of bride's father, please?

Thank you for this!! I always seem to stumble on words like Viera or widowed when they're abbreviated. Thank you! Maria Elena > On Feb 16, 2019, at 3:17 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Vieira. I turned the page looking for a similar letter in a word I would > recognize, and I saw this abbrevi

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with name of bride's father, please?

Thank you for helping me with this. The link is the marriage from Sao Sebastiao on Sao Miguel island in Ponta Delgada. The groom is JOSE RIBEIRA the bride is MARIA ROSA. I knew their names from their daughter's marriage record. (Otherwise, I would not have recognized the priests abbreviat

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with name of bride's father, please?

Vieira. I turned the page looking for a similar letter in a word I would recognize, and I saw this abbreviation for Vila Franca: [image: image.png] Same initial V: [image: image.png] Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with name of bride's father, please?

Maybe Vieira because the "V" could be very open and then the 'ra'? Did you try to look the couple up on the Terceira marriage index to see if they are listed? Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Help with name of bride's father, please?

Maria, I don't know what the name is but it's not Pereira. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 12:47 PM Maria Lima wrote: > LEFT PAGE 6th line from bottom, last name of t

[AZORES-Genealogy] Help with name of bride's father, please?

LEFT PAGE 6th line from bottom, last name of the bride's father: is that abbreviation for "PERREIRA" (?). The 11th line from the top has a Jose and the last name is Abbreviated a little more clearly and I think it's the same abbreviation: is it Pereira (?). Can someone confirm this? Tha