Yes I also have a Emily Luiz who anglicized it to Emily Lewis she married into my Santos line and died in San Jose, CA
On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:41 PM, Lionel Holmes <lionelholme...@gmail.com>wrote: > Cheri, > > I have several Luiz/Luis in my files of Sacramento families, and many who > Anglicized the name to Lewis. > > Lionel > > > On Thu, Mar 28, 2013 at 10:17 PM, <p...@dholmes.com> wrote: > >> Hi Cheri, >> >> I don't have a lot of practice making a gedcom, but I believe if you were >> to name the person who will be number 1 in a new gedcom and then create one >> that divides up those with Portuguese vs. other ancestry, I think you can >> once again have a nearly 100% Portuguese gedcom. >> >> I do think you might also have to list all descendants of particular >> oldest ancestors from the non-Portuguese side in order not to miss anyone. >> >> But for me, I don't bother separating them. If I want to know a count, I >> can use the search with specific criteria. Maybe I can ask for anyone born >> in Portugal who died in the USA. But this might take some location name >> revisions on your part. If you don't always name "USA" as part of the >> location, you can't use that one. You might have to convert all to include >> USA first. >> >> If I have someone who was born in Pico and want to know how many died in >> Sacramento, that's easy. And also if I name California it's easy. But if I >> want all 50 states, I don't use USA on most of my locations. I think the >> only time I do it is when I don't know exactly where in the USA. I might >> have their death location as "USA ??." or without the question marks if I'm >> sure, but still don't know which state. >> >> I have 511 people born on Pico who died in Sacramento, according to my >> search just now. >> >> Not sure how clearly I've described my idea... >> >> Doug da Rocha Holmes >> Sacramento, California >> Pico & Terceira Genealogist >> 916-550-1618 >> www.dholmes.com >> >> >> -------- Original Message -------- >> Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Luiz/Luis as a first or last name >> From: Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> >> Date: Thu, March 28, 2013 9:54 pm >> To: Azores Genealogy <Azores@googlegroups.com> >> >> The name Luiz/Luis as a name was mentioned on another thread. So the >> topic of the other thread doesn't become taken over and become completely >> off topic, I started a new thread by beginning a new email. >> >> In my database, I have 19 people of Portuguese descent with the first >> name of Luis or Luiz. I have 27 people of Portuguese descent with the last >> name of Luis or Luiz. Since I have no one with that name migrating to >> America, I don't see any Anglicization of the name. >> >> I need to figure out how many people I have in my database of Portuguese >> descent. I merged it together many years ago with my mom's Ozark lines. >> Should have never done that. If I had it separate, I would know what >> percentage of people that I have with the name of Luis/Luiz and that would >> let me know how common it is. It seems it my family to be of medium >> frequency (based on my research). >> >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >> Tainhas, Achada >> -- >> -- >> >> -- >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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