Todd, you really need to go to the AzoresGenWeb site and download the Portuguese Genealogical Word List and Portuguese Paleography. There is also a section on the abbreviations that you will need as you to farther back in time. The Paleography also has a section of documents that can be translated line-by-line so you get used to the format the priests used.
Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Tue, Jul 26, 2016 at 8:50 AM, brownat68 <browna...@gmail.com> wrote: > Thanks Sandra! > > I do like trying to translate these records these and I am trying a new > tactic with two monitors and an ever growing list of common Portuguese > words and their meaning. > > I have tried to tried to translate the record you mentioned and this is > how bad I butchered it: > > *20 7 in September in thousand 8 hundred 70 Ponta Delgada dioceses? Of > Manuel Correia De jesus what know the come all the* > *Impediment?* > *Not married* > *Husband or wife was 20?* > *Lawful * > *Fransica Carreiro natural of ???? Jesus* > *Rabo de pexia Julia de jesus natural * > *Not married legitimate daughter of Joao Correia and ? De jesus* > > How bad did I do? There were a lot of words I could not make out at all or > find the meaning to. Now that my work has slowed a bit I have more time to > devote to trying to learn more. > > Todd > > On Saturday, July 23, 2016 at 8:23:48 PM UTC-4, brownat68 wrote: >> >> Hello >> >> Wondering if anyone has these people and their ancestors I their tree: >> >> *João Botelho* married to *Jacinta Cândida* (*No birth, marriage, or >> death dates unfortunately*) >> Children: José Botelho, birth: 1845 Ribeira Quente, São Miguel, Açores, >> Portugal >> Marriage to: 6 Apr 1874, São Jose, Ponta Delgada, São Miguel, Açores, >> Portugal >> >> I am trying to plug a few holes in my recent ancestry. I'd love to talk >> with anyone who has this couple or their family. >> >> Thanks >> >> Todd >> > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.