Gravestone documentation

[Carvalho]

I thought I'd just share this with members. If you don't want to spend time at the Goa Archives, you can find a lot of documentation on Goan gravestones. Last year I visited several cemeteries and collected several relevant birth and death records as well as biography at times. To give you an idea of the extent of biography available, I'm attaching a gravestone photo. Here you will not come across a single surly clerk, but just the peace and quiet of the dead.

Take care,

Selma

[John de Figueiredo]

Even the gravestones are in bad shape and poorly kept. It was a pity to see how the gravestones in the churches in Old Goa are worn out with people stepping on them.

By the way we have a complete record of all gravestones in Goa with their names, inscriptions, etc. done by Ricardo Micael Teles, who was a member of the Comissão Permanente de Arqueologia. They are published in the Oriente Português that was the journal of the Comissão. Several issues of this journal are available online.

The Comissão was chaired by J. A. Ismael Gracias, and then by A. B. de Bragança Pereira and did a fabulous job in the study of the history of Goa.. Then one day Dr. Bragança Pereira returned from vacation and discovered that the Comissão had been abolished by Governor Quintanilha. The work of the Comissão was free labor and cost nothing to the Government or to the tax payer.

Those days are gone. Now, with rare exceptions, the relics of our history and culture are disappearing. This is a “dor da alma”.

John M. de Figueiredo 

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On May 2, 2023, at 12:34 PM, 'Carvalho' via Goa-Research-Net <goa-rese...@googlegroups.com> wrote:



I thought I'd just share this with members. If you don't want to spend time at the Goa Archives, you can find a lot of documentation on Goan gravestones. Last year I visited several cemeteries and collected several relevant birth and death records as well as biography at times. To give you an idea of the extent of biography available, I'm attaching a gravestone photo. Here you will not come across a single surly clerk, but just the peace and quiet of the dead.

Take care,

Selma

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[Carvalho]

Dear John,

It is true, even the graves need archival care and curation. Or another resource lost forever.

J. A. Ismael Gracias was I believe the first director of the Central Library in Goa. It would have been good if there had been some nod to this luminary. 

Warm wishes,

Selma

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[Luis Dias]

I tried searching online for the link (gravestones in Goa) but couldn't find anything.

Please do share if possible.

Best wishes,

Luis  

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[John de Figueiredo]

Dear Luis,

I will look for it and send you the link.

John

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On May 3, 2023, at 12:39 AM, 'Luis Dias' via Goa-Research-Net <goa-rese...@googlegroups.com> wrote:



[Luis Dias]

Thanks John. I'd appreciate that very much.

Best wishes,

Luis

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[John de Figueiredo]

Dear Luis,

Did you receive the information I sent you several days ago? It went to your personal email address.

Best regards,

John

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[Carvalho]

Dear John,

Thank you for sending this to me as well. I think it would be good if you shared that information here. I found it fascinating.

Warm wishes,

Selma

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[Frederick Noronha]

I have some photographs here:

Velim

https://bit.ly/3B2pjcE

Socorro

https://bit.ly/3NMIwXt

Saligao

https://bit.ly/3LxNAfq

Rgds, FN

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[Carvalho]

Thanks much, Frederick. The Rosario Souza Couth one is interesting. I was looking for Isaac Souza Couth but couldn't find it in Saligao. 

I should put up mine too on flickr I think. I've covered the gravestones of Saligao, Velsao, Benaulim, Raia and Colva. The Raia cemetary is truly beautiful and although it did not document a migration to East Africa, I definitely think there is a wealth of information there.

Take care,

selma

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