[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…
Felcianno and Rosa Get Married
[Research Journal #6, Entry #7 ]I didn’t find any more children for Felicianno and Rosa prior to 1841. It was time to look for their marriage record. I began with 1841 and worked my way backwards. I was very lucky in that I only had to go back a year. Felicianno and Rosa were married…
Another Baptismal Record
Next on my list was to find Maria da Conceicao’s baptismal record. It wouldn’t hurt to find her siblings either! So, back to the Family History Center I went. I was getting pretty good with baptismal records. If the same Priest wrote the records, they had a pattern. You could easily find the pertinent information…