Yes eventually you will be able to get the key information. I am only able
to get key information, when I noticed when I received a transcribed death
index from a person that WOW I am missing alot of information possibly not
knowing how to translate the whole record!!! But my first goal is to become
fluent in Spanish since I have been working on it since 8th grade and every
summer when I was a kid was shipped off to my grandparents house who would
only speak spanish. (I can sure cuss someone out in spanish really good
lol) That is what I mostly picked up during the summers, hanging out with
the locasl in New Mexico.
Somebody else posted awhile back a list for words maybe they will repost or
you can search for it. It was a good one.
On Sun, Sep 1, 2013 at 9:04 PM, p...@dholmes.com wrote:
I had to change the subject, because he had nothing to do with these
latest comments.
What Mary Bordi says is exactly right.
In 1992 I took my first trip to Portugal, met my father's first cousin in
Angra and he was astonished that I could read the records yet not converse
in Portuguese. Natives are NOT likely able to read them, but if they were
read aloud to them, I am sure they would get most of it.
There are some archaic terms they won't get, but for use who know nothing
else, it doesn't matter if they are new or old terms. They are simply the
terms we see and must learn. And you will catch on with practice.
An earlier post by Cheri reminded me of the terrible records of Piedade,
Pico. They were amongst the very first records I had to tackle, because in
1846 my ancestor was born there. And for about a 15 year period the records
are a challenge. It was baptism by fire for me to learn to read them. But
the great thing was I could tackle a lot of other less difficult records
fairly easily after that. And my familiarity with Spanish really did help
me.
So no matter your age, just hang in there and you'll get it little by
little, word by word and eventually there will be no more new words to
learn. Then start all over again and learn to read the death records!!!
:-)
Doug da Rocha Holmes
Sacramento, California
Pico Terceira Genealogist
916-550-1618
www.dholmes.com
Original Message
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Esteves/Steves
From: Mary Bordi busybo...@gmail.com
Date: Sun, September 01, 2013 7:51 pm
To: azores@googlegroups.com azores@googlegroups.com
I thought I would add my experience. I learned Portuguese at the age of
40. I still lack the confidence to converse and lack the opportunity but I
can read it well. That is, newspapers, Internet articles.
The written documents were another thing! Just jump in, as has been
mentioned. Look for names. Pretty soon you will get the format for the
years you are looking at. Other words will jump out at you and you will
learn their meanings. Padrinho for example--godfather. These will help you
find your place in the document. Don't think because you aren't fluent you
can't do it. Even people who can read modern Portuguese articles struggle
with those documents.
Do not be discouraged! It's not easy at first but it is SO rewarding!
Mary Bordi
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