Hi Everyone: I just have to mention that my maternal grandfather, Joe De
Mello added on PINE in 1915. So in my genealogy program I have five JOE DE
MELLO PINEs. Thank God my grandfather's uncle Joe Mello didn't add Pine as
well.
Shirley in CA
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From: "yvonne domings" <[email protected]>
To: "Azores Genealogy" <[email protected]>
Sent: Tuesday, October 04, 2011 4:53 PM
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azorean names in Cambridge, MA, USA
East Cambridge has some great Azorean restaurants (Portugalia, Atasca,
Cafe Portugal) and bakeries. Many Azoreans also moved to Somerville,
which is right near east Cambridge. Many moved to Hudson as well. If
you can't find information on a name, try Anglicizing the name. For
example, my grandmother-in-law was Lipoldinha (spelled several
different ways), but called herself Pauline. If you say it fast with
an English pronunciation you can see where Pauline came from. I was
fortunate to find this early on when she was marrying my grandfather-
in-law João (called himself John). That was not as much of a stretch.
Otherwise, I never would have known. What I do is try to follow a
hunch out until I have enough confirming evidence to either prove it
right or wrong. I'm no trained geneologist, but I think you will have
to do that when you hit a dead end. It is so frustrating. I can see
why people give up. The Maria thing is equally maddening not to
mention the changing surnames. OY!!
Yvonne
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