Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Confirmations

2016-02-08 Thread 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy
You are most probably right Joanne! When my ten year old was the godfather to our youngest, the godmother was my own aunt, who was past middle age:) Her godmother passed away in 1995 but she still have her brother as her godfather! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and insight! Susan On Feb

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Title or occupation

2016-02-08 Thread Cheri Mello
Titles are in front of the name, occupations after the name. I need to see the whole record to figure out the priest's handwriting. Cheri -- 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.go

[AZORES-Genealogy] Caetano José

2016-02-08 Thread Júlio
Alguém tem ascendencia nessa Familia? Descendentes de Caetano José -- Primeira geração -- -- *1. Caetano José [47890]* nasceu em Maia. Caetano casou com *Maria de Jesus ou da Conceição MELO* *Filhos deste c

[AZORES-Genealogy] Title or occupation

2016-02-08 Thread Sme
Hello. I am extracting the marriages of Ribeira Seca, Sao Jorge and came across this. [image: Inline image 2] Does anyone know what this title or occupation is? I can't access the website right now, sometimes it won't come up, but here is an image of it. Thank you. Suzanne -- For options, su

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Surname Abbreviation

2016-02-08 Thread bsei2816
Barb, I think this couple in your record may be my 6G-grandparents. The link I pasted isfor the marriage of my 5G-grandparents in Ribeirinha in 1766, Lourenco Marques and Anna de Sao Jose. The parents of the bride are listed as Joao Martins Codorniz and Isabel de Conceicao who may be the same

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Confirmations

2016-02-08 Thread Joanne Mercier
It is possible that a priest would have fudged the age requirement as long as the teens were already Confirmed - that requirement weighs most against a year or 2 age differential. Then there are other priests who use liberal doses of "pastoral judgement" for any number of personal reasons and th

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: FTDNA FMS Mtdna Level 1 Matches

2016-02-08 Thread A F
People consistently underestimate how much we are all connected in Europe genetically. Take a look at this link there when 1,000 years are considered. http://www.nbcnews.com/science/science-news/all-europeans-are-related-if-you-go-back-just-1-f6C9826523 On Tuesday, February 2, 2016 at 10:58:

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Confirmations

2016-02-08 Thread 'Susan Murphy' via Azores Genealogy
I believe you are right but on just a personal note on our family..two of our siblings ages 14 and 15 were godparents to one of my sons in 1968, my cousin age 15 was godmother to my oldest in 1966, and our oldest son aged 10, was godfather to our youngest in 1977. These were in three differe

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Confirmations

2016-02-08 Thread Margaret Vicente
In my own records one child was 9 years old. An older brother 9 years old of the first marriage was Godfather of his step sister, In more current times, there is the minimum requirement, the Godparent had to be Crismado/Confirmed (Crisma/Confirmation) and this takes place around 11 - 12 years of a

[AZORES-Genealogy] Manuel de Sousa Calouro

2016-02-08 Thread Eliseu Pacheco da Silva
Hi! Is there anyone from Canada researching Manuel de Sousa Calouro and Maria da Glória Pacheco, from Ribeira Grande, S. Miguel, Açores? Muito Obrigado, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva Azores (S. Miguel, Graciosa, Faial); Mainland (Alentejo) (http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel?lang=en) --

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Confirmations

2016-02-08 Thread Joanne Mercier
According the Roman Catholic Code of Canon Law the age is 16 unless a bishop establishes it otherwise. This has been in effect for centuries and remains so today. > On Feb 7, 2016, at 10:24 PM, Sme wrote: > > Hello. > > Does anyone know or have a good guess as to what age "children" were abl

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Manoel Pereira daCosta marriage Porto Judeu Terceira

2016-02-08 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
You could very well be right, Bill! I've never seen Ursula abbreviated before but you never know and I'm not familier with the Priest in Porto Judeu. Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sun, Feb