Thanks Pam. I suppose it's possible that he is one of my great grandfathers, Matheus da Costa, which is how the name appears on the marriage record of his son Joam da Costa. Was it common for a boy to take a surname given by his mother? Matheus' wife was Josefa Pacheco (in some records it's Pachequa or Pacheca). She was born in 1714. I'm trying to find their marriage record so that I can verify the names of Matheus' parents.
Matheus' death record is here: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1749-1780/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1749-1780_item1/P152.html Josefa's birth record is here: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1710-1718/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1710-1718_item1/P70.html Josefa's death record is here: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1780-1806/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1780-1806_item1/P84.html Their son, Joao's (Joam's) marriage record: http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1763-1812/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-C-1763-1812_item1/P185.html On Thursday, March 20, 2014 1:23:48 AM UTC-4, Pam Santos wrote: > > Marcos Ferreira and Barbara da Costa > > > On Wed, Mar 19, 2014 at 5:12 PM, Joseph Costa <jwcos...@gmail.com<javascript:> > > wrote: > >> Hi all. I need some help deciphering the names on this birth record from >> 1705. It’s the “Mathias” in the middle of the left hand page. Can anyone >> make out the names of the parents? >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1696-1710/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-B-1696-1710_item1/P158.html >> >> -- >> For 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." >> --- >> You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups >> "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an >> email to azores+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. >> Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.