Help with abbreviation (from 1799)
Could you please help me figure out the title of a named person in the first record?
This is what I can read:
"… bautizé, puse olio y crisma a un niño de un día a quien puse por nombre Pedro, hijo natural de Tomaza esclava del Ale@ Pard^o D[o]n Vicente Rengifo…. "
What could be the « Ale@ Pard^o » title?
"San Juan Bautista, Guacarí, Valle del Cauca, Colombia records" images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/3:1:3QS7-L9VH-P25Z?view=index : Apr 9, 2025), image 40 of 305; Archivo Diocesano de Buga (Colombia).
Image Group Number: 004265895
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Hi, I think the title is an abbrevation for 'alcalde'. Maybe Alcade Pardo (guessing this is what it is) Don Vicente (can't make out the last name).
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@JuanZuluaga3 I believe that in colonial times in Colombia existed "Alcaldes Pedaneos", who were in charge of smaller rural communities. It is the closest I have been able to find to the abbreviation shown in the document
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