Hello all,
Just a word of caution here. Formally, the use of Dom/Dona is indeed a
royal prvilege, a bit like the English Sir. However, somewhere in the
19th century it became costumary to call every woman a Dona, after they
became older (respect for elders, yada yada...).
So just because you
Joao; Thanks for this insight. I’ll have to check the ages of the women being
referred to as “Dona”. I think one of them is consistently referred to in that
manner in the various documents I’ve found her in. Will have to look again.
Again, thanks, Sam in SC
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Sure João, if you carefully read my post, I mentioned until XVIII
century.
Isabella Baltar
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On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 9:20 AM, João Ventura j...@venturas.org wrote:
Hello all,
Just a word of caution here. Formally, the use of Dom/Dona is indeed a
royal prvilege, a
Isabella; Thank you for your response and explanations to my questions.
Apparently, I have some female ancestors who were highly respected….
I did not know there were strict rules set forth for the structure of the
baptism records. As you say, the priest must have simply forgot to enter
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