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> On Jul 16, 2018, at 10:59 AM, Rosemarie Capodicci <rcap...@gmail.com> wrote:
>
> Thank you so much,Margaret! It helps us to have a little "Portuguese"
> language lesson for the docs!
>
> Rosemarie
> rcap...@gmail.com
> Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores,
> Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily
>
>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:35 AM, Margaret Vicente
>> <margaretvice...@gmail.com> wrote:
>> Attempting to read these records is not easy but this one is very clear. We
>> must pay attention to the "articles, de, do e da" these help qualify the
>> nouns and adjectives so we can properly interpret what we're looking at.
>>
>> Note it says: do Doutro Caetano Jose de Mesquita. The article do in this
>> case means belonging or of which then tells us the priest reversed the
>> letter R and O and he neant to write Doutor {Doctor}
>>
>> Cheers.
>>
>>> On Mon, Jul 16, 2018 at 10:02 AM Richard Francis Pimentel
>>> <richard.francis.pimen...@gmail.com> wrote:
>>> I lean toward Doctor if he had meant “doutro” the letter D should not have
>>> been capitalized. The way to tell for sure would be to check other records
>>> in the time frame and see if his name is written as Doctor.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
>>> kennethmoni...@gmail.com
>>> Sent: Monday, July 16, 2018 9:02 AM
>>> To: Azores Genealogy
>>> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Godparents
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Hello Maria,
>>> If you notice the word Dona on the line above, it appears as if the second
>>> word starts with a capitol "D". This appears to be how this priest makes
>>> his capitol "D". So it reads "do doutro" which translates to "of the
>>> other". If that makes sense.
>>>
>>> Ken
>>>
>>> On Monday, July 16, 2018 at 5:37:01 AM UTC-7, Maria wrote:
>>>
>>> TOP LEFT PAGE FOR MARIA (this is a clear record to read)
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> 8 th line from bottom regarding the godparents: does that say "do
>>> outro" or doctor? The Godfather had the same name as his father so it
>>> makes sense the priest wrote "do outro". However, the way the priest
>>> wrote the word "do" twice, I thought it might be doctor(?). (Did they even
>>> use that title?).
>>>
>>> I also thought this because the godmother had the title of "Doña". It
>>> was interesting that the last names were so similar to the last name of the
>>> parents: Marques and Marquita.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Im still confused why does the priest write "filhos familiar" instead of
>>> just the word filhos?
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> Any light on this would be appreciated. Thank you.
>>>
>>>
>>>
>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-PD-SAOROQUE-B-1814-1821/SMG-PD-SAOROQUE-B-1814-1821_item1/P177.html
>>>
>>> Maria Elena
>>>
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