Hello, I hope someone here could offer some help with the father's last name abbreviation for the marriage. What I read from the marriage is: Pedro de Faria son of Pedro [Joao/Goas] and his wife Maria Pereira. I'm not sure is the last name is an abbreviation or just "Joao".
The ancestor is Alferes Pedro de Faria (b. ~1729 d. 18-Apr-1784) married to Rita Maria Andrade. I found a Pedro born on 17/19 Jan 1729 son of Pedro Goncalves(z) and Maria de Freitas which falls within his birth range however there is a discrepancy with the parents names. It is possible that the father is Pedro Joao Goncalves and the mother Maria [Pereira de Freitas/de Freitas Pereira]. Pedro's birth, left page bottom http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-MD-MADALENA-B-1725-1734/PIC-MD-MADALENA-B-1725-1734_item1/P99.html Pedro and Rita marriage, left page top http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-MD-MADALENA-C-1748-1772/PIC-MD-MADALENA-C-1748-1772_item1/P77.html (Alferes) Pedro's death, left page bottom http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PIC-MD-MADALENA-O-1758-1785/PIC-MD-MADALENA-O-1758-1785_item1/P185.html Thank you, Manny -- 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.