Thank you Margaret. I was reading what I now know as (thanks to you) "coroa tocou" as one word co???to-cou. No wonder I couldn't figure it out even though the handwriting is very nice.
Bill On Sunday, February 22, 2015 at 5:53:07 AM UTC-8, Mara wrote: > Hi Bill, > > The word is "coroa" CROWN. "Our Lady of Miracles was invoked as the > Godmother and they touched the baby's head with her crown". > > That was one of the practice's up to this day. Not very common but > usually based on a faith promise e.g. if the baby is healthy and all goes > well Our Lady will be the Godmother. > > > > > > On Sun, Feb 22, 2015 at 3:28 AM, <bsei...@gmail.com <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I found the baptism of my wife's paternal grandfather João Baptista >> Cordeiro in Urzelina, São Jorge Island but I am struggling to read was >> written for his madrinha. I have the padrinho as Antonio Machado Lisboa, >> but for madrinha it looks like instead of a name it has "a invocação de >> Nossa Senhora dos Milagres, com cuja c*???????* na cabeça do baptizado" >> >> I can't make out the word(s) between cuja and na cabeça, but I think I >> have the rest correct. Can someone correct what I have, fill in the blank, >> or explain this to me. I haven't seen this before. Are they praying for >> help in determining a madrinha? >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SJR-VL-URZELINA-B-1890-1899/SJR-VL-URZELINA-B-1890-1899_item1/P61.html >> It is João, starting on lower left and continuing on the right side. >> >> Thanks, >> Bill Seidler >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > > > -- > Margaret M Vicente > -- 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.
