Hey Sam! My family names are too confusing to get into. Suffice it to say, they underwent many (6+) name changes while on the island. As you may have discovered while searching, names are not permanent in the Azorean culture. :P
I started out researching my mother's family (Silva and Freitas) in Faial and found out that all had been there since the settlement of their village (Cedros) in 1594. Both sides of her family -ALL of them- stayed in Cedros up until they immigrated to the USA in the 1950s. Crazy! Silva was traced back to Joao Pinheiro, born 1590. His son is Pedro Goncalves Botelho...see what I mean about the name changes??). Freitas has been traced back to Domingos Furtado who was born around the same time (the date escapes me at the moment). :) On Thursday, September 27, 2012 10:57:48 AM UTC-7, Sam Koester wrote: > > Leanne; What are your family names on Faial and which village did they > come from? Sam in CA > -- 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."
