Correct me if I'm wrong, but there were Jewish people that came to the island to escape persecution so some of them are carrying the Jewish surname. I want to say Pimentel is one of them.
There was a site I saw a few years back that actually showed each area of the island that were descendants from a particular country, i.e., Vila Franca were people from France. Linda Borges Furtado Norton -----Original Message----- From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of lori pacheco Sent: Monday, February 14, 2011 12:43 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots? 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."
