In a message dated 7/5/2010 12:01:04 PM Eastern Daylight Time, [email protected] writes: > 1) Looks like Pacheco to me. > 2) I'm not an expert by any stretch but does Frs definitely mean > Fernandes? Because I think I remember seeing it multiple times in the > older Rosario casamentos after names. Frz = Fernandes Roiz = Rodrigues
I used to preserve the old spellings when I started but I eventually standardized the spelling. No more Joam, Josepha or Ignácio, among others; it is all João, Josefa and Inácio now. It makes looking things up in the data base much, much easier. John Miranda Raposo -- 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."

