Glad to be of helpLook out for those s's and z's :))Her mother's first name still has me sort of preplexed > Date: Sun, 13 May 2012 20:27:48 -0700 > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Need help deciphering hard-to-read words on > Greatgrandma's baptism registo (Fajãzinha das Flores, 1854). > From: katharine.f.ba...@gmail.com > To: azores@googlegroups.com > > Querido Hermano, Thank you so much for all your help!!! I stand in > awe of your deciphering talents in figuring out some really difficult > penmanship. > > Perhaps the most interesting revelation in Isabel's baptismal registo > is that her godmother was the daughter of one Francizco Joze Furtado > of Ponta da Fajã Grande, because among a packet of family letters > mailed to Isabel as an old lady in California in the first half of the > 1900s -- letters from Ponta that my family had saved, and that my aunt > gave to me just before her death -- was at least one mentioning a > person with the surname Furtado, who I inferred must have been some > sort of relative (perhaps a direct or collateral descendant of > Isabel's godmother). Now I will need to dig out that letter and > reread it closely for further information and/or clues! > > Mais uma vez, muito obrigada, Katharine. > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when > they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
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