The Lists Page

Here's a quick look at the lists available on this page. Just pick your favorite and click on it; you will
instantly be whisked away to the list of your choice.

• Months of the year.
• Ways people are described.
• Family and other relationships.
• Professions, both secular and ecclesiastical.
• Numbers and number building.

Naturally, the first list you come across is a list of months of the year. This should come in handy whenever you encounter dates (which, as you can probably guess, is pretty frequently!).

	janeiro..	..January		maio..	..May		setembro..	..September
	fevereiro..	..February		junho..	..June		outobro..	..October
	marco..	..March		julho..	..july		novembro..	..Novmber
	abril..	..April		agosto..	..August		dezembro..	..December

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Here's a quick look at some ways a person can be described in a text. Naturally, a person can also
be described as a particular type of family member (father, grandson, etc.), but those are covered
in the family relationships list.

	natural..	..native		recebido/a..	..welcome		proprieteiro/a..	..homeowner
	morador/a..	..resident		parochiano/a..	..parishioner		testemunha..	..witness
	baptizado/a..	..baptized

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If you suspect you're looking at a word which describes a person's standing in his/her family, then you've come to the right place, relatively speaking.

	pai..	..father		tio/a..	..uncle/aunt		padrinho..	..godfather
	mae..	..mother		avo/avo*..	..grandfather/mother		madrinha..	..godmother
	filho/a..	..son/daughter		neto/a..	..grandson/daughter		solteiro/a..	..unmarried
	irmao..	..brother		marido..	..husband		nubente/a..	..betrothed
	irma..	..sister		esposo/a..	..husband/wife		casado/a..	..married
	gemio/a..	..twin		mulher..	..wife		viuvo/a..	..widow(er)

*The word for "grandfather" has a ^ over the o in avo, the word for "grandmother" has a `.

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No list I could come up with could possibly cover all the possible professions. I just included those which I've found in my family tree to date. Yours will vary.

SECULAR PROFESSIONS

ECCLESIASTICAL POSITIONS

	alfaiate..	..tailor		reverendo..	..reverend
	barbeiro..	..barber		parocho..	..priest
	correio..	..mailman		actual parocho*..	..acting priest
	criada..	..servant		presbyteiro*..	..presbytery
	domestica..	..maid/housewife		pastor..	..pastor
	jornaleiro..	..journalist		vigario..	..vicar
	moleiro..	..miller		cura..	..curate
	pedreiro..	..stone mason		adjutor..	..assistant
	tamanqueiro..	..clogmaker
	adjudante..	..assistant		*Alternate terms	for the same position.

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As a rule, the people who wrote Portuguese documents tended to spell out the numbers, rather than
use digits. That being the case, here is a quick look at what sorts of things you are likely to see when
you look at a Portuguese date. I only included cardinal numbers up to 19. If your ancestors married
more than 19 times or had more than that many children, you're on your own.

ORDINAL NUMBERS CARDINAL NUMBERS COLUMN 1 COLUMN 2 COLUMN 3 dez 10 decimo 10th um/uma 1 onze 11 primeiro 1st decimo primeiro 11th dois/duas 2 doze 12 vinte 20 segundo 2nd decimo segundo 12th tres 3 treze 13 trinta 30 terceiro 3rd decimo terceiro 13th quatro 4 catorze 14 quarenta 40 quarto 4th decimo quarto 14th cinco 5 quinze 15 cinquenta 50 quinto 5th decimo quinto 15th seis 6 dezasseis 16 sessenta 60 sexto 6th decimo sexto 16th sete 7 dezassete 17 setenta 70 setimo 7th decimo setimo 17th oito 8 dezoito 18 oitenta 80 oitavo 8th decimo oitavo 18th nove 9 dezanove 19 noventa 90 nono 9th decimo nono 19th cento=100, mil=1000

CREATING DAYS OF THE MONTH
"aos" means "on the" ... "a" means "the"
Put either of the above expessions in front of the following examples to get such expressions as
"On 11 January 1897", or "27 March 1865"

1st-9th days of the month = (column 1) dias do mes de (month)

example: 05 January = cinco dias do mes de janeiro

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10th-19th days of the month: (column 2) dias do mes de (month)

example: 13 January = treze dias do mes de janeiro

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20th or 30th day of the month: (column 3) dias do mes de (month)

example: 30 January = trinta dias do mes de janeiro

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21st-29th, 31st days of the month: (column 3) e (column 1) dias do mes de (month)

example: 25 January = vinte e cinco dias do mes de janeiro

CREATING YEARS
"do ano de" means "in the year of"
Put it in front of the following examples to get an expression such as "in 1876".

Even centuries: mil e (column 1) centos

example: 1800 = mil e oito centos

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Century + 1-9 years: mil e (column 1) centos e (column 1)

example: 1903 mil e nove centos e tres

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Century + 10-19 years: mil e (column 1) centos e (column 2)

example: 1718 = mil e sete centos e dezoito

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Century + even decades: mil e (column 1) centos e (column 3)

example: 1670 = mil e seis centos e setenta

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Others: mil e (column 1) centos e (column 3) e (column 1)

example: 1862 = mil e oito centos e sessenta e dois

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