[Research Journal #6, Entry #12] I started on the film with 1820 and worked backwards.As I went further back I noticed a problem. Felicianno’s parents were Joao de Mello and Maria Theresa. There appeared to be two couples of this name who had kids at the same time in Maia. One group was from Maia…
Settling on a Date
[Research Journal #6, Entry #11] I needed to figure out just how old Felicianno and his siblings were. I went back to the marriage records starting with Felicianno and Rosa’s marriage in 1840. I didn’t hit a sibling until 1837 when I found Francisca da Conceicao de Mello marrying Elias Pacheco. I kept going. Each…
Seu Juris
[Research Journal #6, Entry #10] As you may recall, I found an interesting note in the baptismal records. In a couple of entries where Felicianno was listed as a godparent, his name was followed by the term “seu juris”. I asked other Portuguese genealogists what this term meant. Seu juris roughly “I swear” or “I…
Rounding up Felicianno’s Siblings
[Research Journal #6, Entry #9] I was making any head way with Felicianno so I decided to search for his siblings. I started with the marriage records. I was surprised to find only one siblings married in the 1840s. Jacinto Jose de Mello married Francisca Emilia Paiva on 9 Jan 1841. As the baptismal records…
Rosa’s Baptismal Record Found
[Journal #6, Entry #8] As I mentioned before their was a rule about when people marry. I used that rule to search for Felicianno and Rosa’s baptismal records. As they were married in 1840, I thought I’d start my search around 1825. I found Rosa with relative ease. She was baptised 7 Mar 1824 in…