Patti & Bernie, I'm pretty sure there is no way to confuse a John with a George in any language. You're have to figure out if he's a John (Joao with the tilde (~) above the "a") or a George (Jorge).
The Francisca/Francis is the same person. It's just people spelling it incorrectly. Francisca is the Portuguese spelling and the English translation would be Francis. I'm guessing that your "Francia Souza Mendes" would be Francisco Souza Mendes and your "Cansicas Roza Mendes" could be Conceicao Roza Mendes or Roza Conceicao Mendes. I'm unsure on the Cansicas misspelling. Perhaps others have ideas. Since you have the freguesia (village) and the birth dates, you can write to the archive in Angra (on Terceira) to obtain a copy of their baptism record. Well, once you figure out if your guy is a Joao or a Jorge, that is. The baptisms from that time period will list the parents and grandparents of the baby. From there you can use the microfilm. For a fill in the blank form and the address of the archive, go to the Azores Genweb: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/genresources.html Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
