Hi Barbara, I've found that every century seems to have it's own particular paleographic challenges. You've got the most important data from the record already, but I hope this translation might be useful for you in reading further records. There are probably some typos and errors, but it's a start--
best of luck with your research, Linda 1. Em os vinte e cinco dias do mez de Novembro do Anno de 2. mil septe centos oitenta e nove, sendo de manha nesta 3. Parochial de Nossa Sen.ra de Guadalupe, Logar de Agu- 4. alva, feitas prim.ro as dilig.os necesiarios, na forma 5. do Sagrado Conilio Tridentino e Con[??????] deste 6. Bispado por nao se descobrir impedim.to , Como me 7. constou por hu[m] mandado expresso do R.do Ouvi- 8. dor da Villa da Praya, Vig.o proprio da Ma- 9. triz da d.a Villa Vicente Ferreira Sottomayor 10. na prezenca de mim Joao de Deos da Costa Vig.o 11. proprio desta d.a Paroc.al e das desto.os abaixo assig- 12. nadas An.to Martins Rib.ro e Manoel Antunes 13. Gerardes, ambos Caszados e freg.es desta m.ma Par.al 14. Se cazarao solmnenem.te por palavras de prezen- 15. te in facie Ecclesio por marido e m.er como man- 16. da a S.ta Madre Igr.a Joze Coelho, f.o legitimo 17. de Manoel Coelho e de sua m.er Fran.ca Ignacia 18. ja defuntos com Quiteria Ignacia, filha de Este- 19. vao Lour.co e de sua m.er Maria de S. Joze, ambos 20. os contrahentes naturaes e freg.es desta sobre d.a Pa- 21. rochial, honde sati?sfizerao aos preceitos da Quares- 22. ma proxime passada e p.a constar fiz este 23. termo, que assigno no d.o dia, mez, e anno, [era] ut supra. lines 1-4: state the date, place, and time of day (morning) lines 4-9: state that the requirements of the Council of Trent have been fulfilled, that no impediments were discovered, and under whose authority the marriage is made lines 10- 13: give the names of the priest and the names of the witnesses and their status(married) as well as their parish ("this same parish") lines 14-19: give the details of the groom, bride and their parents; the groom's parents are deceased lines 19- 22: state that the bride and groom are both both natives of the parish and that the parish is where they fulfilled their most recent Lenten obligations lines 22-23: state that this [document] was made for the record and signed on the [above cited] date, month and year; "era ut supra" is Latin for "It was as above" , i.e., an attestation of the truth of the record On Monday, October 5, 2015 at 6:37:54 PM UTC-7, Barbara Davis wrote: > > Some of the notations in this record are not what I'm accustomed to and > I'm not quite sure what it says. > > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/TER-PV-AGUALVA-C-1770-1832/TER-PV-AGUALVA-C-1770-1832_item1/TER-PV-AGUALVA-C-1770-1832_JPG/TER-PV-AGUALVA-C-1770-1832_0049.jpg > > Line 4: made first....? > Line 16: ...Jose Coelho, legitmate son > Line 17: of Manoel Coelho, and his wife... ? ... Ignacia > Line 18-end: I AM LOST!!! HELP ME DECIPHER! > > Also, some of the records five the age of the bride or groom. I can't see > ages in this one, but perhaps I'm just missing them? > > Thanks! > > Barb > -- 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.