These are my maternal grandparents Joao Antonio dos Santos (s/o Antonio Manoel dos Santos & Joanna Maria Josefa) & Maria Antonia Encarnacao (d/o Antonia Rosa da Encarnacao & Manoel Rosa Varela/Manoel Joao Almeida.
When I started this blog I could not read or write in Portuguese. Over the years and with the help of native speakers I have learned to at least read the Church records. Also, I have had a lot of input on the families, the reasons for spelling things a certain way, some of the politics, naming patterns, etc. I hope I continue to get better.
