"encomendação" is an order (instruction or charge) or commission. The priest was given money to carry out (encomendacao) a burial according to custom. The deceased was accompanied by the priest to the cemetery and buried according to custom.
*JR* On Sunday, January 1, 2017 at 1:20:36 AM UTC-5, Cheri Mello wrote: > > This death of Manuel Pacheco, aged 66. Top right record, 9th line, after > the colon: > > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1852-1858/SMG-VF-SAOMIGUEL-O-1852-1858_item1/P124.html > > He had a something. I see "teve." The word on the end is hyphenated. This > priest puts that squashed halo for a tilde, but it looks like this word has > 2 tildes. I don't know what it is. > Thanks in advance, Cheri > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > -- 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.
