There was a Portuguese play write, one Antonio Jose de Silva, who wrote "A Vida do Grande Dom Quixote", who was burned at the stake in 1737, becuse he was thaught to be a practicing Jew. His family had converted to Judaism. I got this from The Historical Research Center.
Barbara T. --- On Mon, 2/14/11, lori pacheco <[email protected]> wrote: From: lori pacheco <[email protected]> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots? To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]> Date: Monday, February 14, 2011, 9:43 AM This question keeps coming up for me so I want to ask it here. Does anyone know whether the roots of their azorean ancestors were Jewish (Sephardic)? I was baptised Catholic;.however, this subject has intrigued me for a while and I cannot find much informatioon on it. I would love any feedback from you -- 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." -- 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."
