Thanks, I see the "por" now and was so caught up into looking for the word "testamento" that I just transformed the word into "foi." You know how your brain plays tricks and makes you see what you want to see! Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 2:54 PM Leonor Bertoni <leonor.bert...@gmail.com> wrote: > I see Por testatmento foi sepultado, by his will he was buried (meaning it > was what he wanted). It looks like he died in Altares but wanted to be > buried in S. Roque where he was born. Sorry, I was speaking historically. > > On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 at 17:33, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Typically, the death records state if they was a will or not (in the 2nd >> and 3rd time periods). So we have to do with what happened historically in >> the Azores, not what is happening right now in our lifetimes. >> >> This looks like "foi testamento" to me (for there "was a will.") >> [image: image.png] >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> >> >> On Sat, Feb 16, 2019 at 2:19 PM Leonor Bertoni <leonor.bert...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi, >>> I see February 8, 1815. Jose Rodrigues Coelho was married to Benedita do >>> Esperito Santo. He was 75 years old, farmer (I think). I don't see anything >>> about a will and have never seen it in my searches but I haven't been doing >>> this very long. My personal experience growing up in Sao Miguel is that >>> there is not need for a will because the law says that whatever someone >>> owns, when s/he dies, is divided in half. Half goes to the wife and the >>> other half is divided between the kids, if any. Normally, nothing gets >>> distributed until the last person dies. >>> >>> On Sat, 16 Feb 2019 at 17:03, Sandra Valine Dauer <acore...@gmail.com> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> >>>> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/TER-AH-ALTARES-O-1814-1840/TER-AH-ALTARES-O-1814-1840_item1/P6.html >>>> 3rd record on the right please confirm death date: 8th or 18th, age >>>> 70? or Burial? Will? Thank you >>>> >>>> >>>> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=icon> >>>> Virus-free. >>>> www.avast.com >>>> <https://www.avast.com/sig-email?utm_medium=email&utm_source=link&utm_campaign=sig-email&utm_content=webmail&utm_term=link> >>>> <#m_8404003330600931566_m_-2035272067429125038_m_-1227230069603800862_m_-1962055066957025400_DAB4FAD8-2DD7-40BB-A1B8-4E2AA1F9FDF2> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> -- >> 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. >> > -- > 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. > -- 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.
