Hi I have heard my grandparents and mom call these pleas or nicknames? Does that make sense? So many family names were the same so certain clans or families were given nicknames to differentiate or identify them. Our family We're the Denis or "crickets" when I went to the Azores to my grandfathers village we were taken to the Mat of the crickets where they spent most of their time milking cows wow! Then I understood Denise Nelson
Sent from my iPhone On Aug 28, 2012, at 7:19 PM, Diane George <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, > > Does anyone know the meaning of the use of quotation marks on surnames in the > NEPS site. Examples are: > > Manuel Jose “foliao” > Antonio “o cabaco” > Jose “cambado” > > The English translations are “merrymaker”, “the gourd” and “unstable.” > > I have not located the original records yet, but wanted to see if anyone > knows what this means first. > > Thanks > > Diane George > -- > 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."
