Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Dispensations

Thank you, Cheri! Margaret On Mon, Jul 23, 2018 at 7:49 AM MaryAnn Santos wrote: > Wow, Cheri! Thank you for sharing - this is great. I have quite a number > of ancestors who married relatives. This will be good for me to research if > I every get to retire! > > MaryAnn > > On Sun, Jul 22,

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Dispensations

Wow, Cheri! Thank you for sharing - this is great. I have quite a number of ancestors who married relatives. This will be good for me to research if I every get to retire! MaryAnn On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 5:00 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: > For those interested in the dispensations: > > A

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Dispensations and Degrees of Consanguinity and Affinity

Thanks for the information on the degrees of dispensation. The practice of marrying one's relative to keep the land and money in the family wasn't uncommon in many cultures which I have discovered in my reading of history which is a subject of interest to me. This is a speculation

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Dispensations and Degrees of Consanguinity and Affinity

I lost count of the cousin marriages that I come from. 14? 16? The vast majority were poor peasants. Here's one of mine: 23 Nov 1819 Victorino de Mello & Maria Joaquina, Ponta Garca, Sao Miguel island Note: Her name is listed as Maria Claudina in the dispensation. (It rhymes with Joaquina). The

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Dispensations and Degrees of Consanguinity and Affinity

This is great. Where does one look to find the actual dispensations. I'm very curious about my GG Granduncle and marriage to his niece Thanks. MaryAnn On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 11:48 AM, Cheri Mello wrote: > I lost count of the cousin marriages that I come from. 14? 16?

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Dispensations and Degrees of Consanguinity and Affinity

Oh, thank you so much, Cheri! Can't travel right now because the semester has begun at NYU but I will contact João. Maryann On Wed, Sep 16, 2015 at 4:25 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: > Your choices for the dispensations are: > 1) Fly to Angra and view them yourself > 2) Hire João

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Dispensations and Degrees of Consanguinity and Affinity

Your choices for the dispensations are: 1) Fly to Angra and view them yourself 2) Hire João Ventura, the archivist, to look for you. Contact him at heroi99 at yahoo.com for his fees and availability. Cheri -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Dispensations and Degrees of Consanguinity and Affinity

If a couple is related in some way, they need to apply for a dispensation. The two ways to be related are by consanguinity (blood) or by affinity (your spouse dies, so you marry their brother or sister, i.e. the in-law). 1st degree: Rather rare. Uncle - niece, aunt-nephew. I think there's some