Maybe it was a long day and the priest dipped into the wine a bit too much. :D I agree that it looks like they all got mixed up. This is the first time I've been marriage records this early. I haven't noted the godparents being listed in the group for the 1740-1750s.
I guess the next step would be to look in the records for Maia (if available for the period) to find a baptismal. If we can prove this couple had those children, we can at least be a little more sure. Besides those baptismals, are there any other records that might give us the details we seek? On Thursday, June 12, 2014 12:28:54 AM UTC-7, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva wrote: > > Mel, > > I think it is the same people. Too many coincidences. However we never > know. I will put a note in my research stating that this finding is not > 100% sure. This is how I do it. > > As to the “madrinhas” I have never seen a certificate with this form… It > looks like the “testemunhas” and the “padrinhos” were mixed together. The > names are ok: > > > > - “Padrinhos”: Simão da Silva da Maia and > > - “Madrinhas”?!!!: Maria de Melo wife of Paullos? Furtado and (... thorn) > de Almeida wife of Manuel Carreiro, living in Achada Grande. > > > > It is common to have the padrinhos and the witnesses. I think at first > they used to put down the “ testemunhas” first and then the “padrinhos”. > Later > they changed it. > > > > > > *Eliseu Pacheco da Silva* > > Researching Açores (São Miguel and Graciosa) and Alentejo > > ( http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel ) > > > > > -- 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.
