Atina, I hope this helps you. Finding people and dates in Portugal and the Azores has, for me, been a wild ride. I will give you an example that, I hope, helps you get beyond thinking you KNOW anything about ancestors. I was raised in my maternal grandparents' house. They were immigrants, he from the continent of Portugal, she from Terceira. I KNEW where they were born. I had heard the name of the places and the dates since I could understand what they were saying. My grandfather was born in Ligares, Tras-os-Montes, in northern Portugal on the "day after Christmas" and he was __ (fill in the blank for his age). We always celebrated his birthday on December 26th, the "day after christmas." In 1989, I went to Ligares, did not find the records there; went to Freixo Espida a Cinta (sp?), the "County," did not find the record there and ended in Braganca, the district. Records are kept in these various places depending on how long ago they were made. The point of this is that my grandfather was born on January 7, 1876, according to his baptismal record. This date made no sense to me because the day after christmas is December 26th if you live in the US. In Portugal, at that time, Natal/christmas, was celebrated the day the three kings visited the Christ child. Here, in the US, grandpa's information was translated to what we knew and not what was the norm in Portugal at the time of his birth. Hope this helps you look in more places when you reach a brick wall and gives you a different understanding of time frames when looking for records. Celeste, Hayward, CA
Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com --- On Fri, 3/12/10, Atina Marks <atina.ma...@bigpond.com> wrote: From: Atina Marks <atina.ma...@bigpond.com> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Emanuel Marks To: "azo...@googlegroups. com " <azores@googlegroups.com> Date: Friday, March 12, 2010, 8:45 PM Thank you to all who helped translate the Baptism Record for Emanuel Marks. Now I need to ask if my Emanuel Antonio Marks is the one in the baptism record? My Emanuel stated he was born on the 10th May 1855, could he have known his correct birth date? The names don’t seem to match his names. Any help is appreciated, thank you once again. Many kind regards to all, Atina Marks (Brisbane, Australia) -- 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." -- 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."
