On the 5th day of the month of August of the
year of 1883 at this
church of Santa Barbara of
Doze Ribeiras council and diocese of
Angra do Heroismo, I baptized solemnly
an individula of the feminine sex and whom
was given the name Maria and was born
in tis town at 3 'oclock in the morning on the
I have ordered quite a few microfilms from the LDS (recently i ordered
10 of them!!)
Yes they are images of the original documents. Some are easier to
read than others.
The beauty of seeing the records on the CCA site is that they are
always available online, clear and you can easily
jump back
Hi All,
When responding to a post, please try to remember to delete all of the
extra stuff. If you keep the specific quoted message you are responding to
and trim off the rest of the thread, it saves the rest of us from having to
read these really long posts that repeat the same stuff over and
Thank you very much for your help with the Translation
Bob
In a message dated 3/29/2012 6:09:29 A.M. Pacific Daylight Time,
terr...@rogers.com writes:
On the 5th day of the month of August of the
year of 1883 at this
church of Santa Barbara of
Doze Ribeiras council and diocese of
Angra
I've noticed alot of records that have signatures and they have some
crosses between the names. Some of the crosses are plane and other's
are more elaborate. Do they mean anything? Here is an example:
Thank you for publicly saying something about responding to a post, Steve.
I can't tell you how many times I get private emails about such things and
then I have to put out a post about housekeeping (as I call it). It is
part of list etiquette (in general). And yes, it is best to cut out
part(s)
Hi,
The X or cross symbols are usually the mark for witnesses that did not
read or right. It was standard in those days to sign by making an X
in civil registries or cross symbol in church records. The priest or
someone else with writing skills enters their names beside or by
having it placed
I think the parish priest wrote the names of the individuals (note how
similar the signatures are) and the individual put his mark on the
document.
On Mar 29, 10:57 am, EResendes eman...@resendes.ws wrote:
I've noticed alot of records that have signatures and they have some
crosses between the
The parents of Jose are unknown the parents of Clara Florinda are Francisco
Ignacio da Costa and Maria Clara. The God parents are Jose Silveira Avila
and his lady? Clara Florinda.
Rick
Richard Francis Pimentel
Spring, TX
Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire
Researching, Riberia Grande,
Hi again,
Not everyone was illeterateIf the document is signed by someone and
there is NO X MARK... then the person would have signed him/herself. Maria
Filomena's signature seem to be legit to that individual. The church would
not forge it. neither would civil registry.. Civil registry
I was wondering if the names Francisco Pereira Rosa Vicente were
familiar to anyone on the list. A friend of mine is stuck at these 2 people on
one
of her lines. They were both born on Sao Miguel, we don't know where, but
with different records stating different ages we are guessing they
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