One slight correction to Cheri's list -- *Pico do Penedo* in Santa Bárbara Parish, *Santa Maria*. But I'm not suggested this as a possibility, since compared to the other islands, relatively few left Santa Maria. Denis
On Sat, Jul 27, 2013 at 11:47 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Hmmm, I'll try a different, non-native speaker angle. I'm looking for any > place in the Azores that starts with a P. > > Santa Maria: nothing > Sao Miguel: Pico da Pedra, Ponta Delgada, Ponta Garca, Porto Formoso, > Povoacao > Terceira: Porto Judeu, Praia da Vitoria > Graciosa: Praia > Sao Jorge: nothing > Pico: Piedade, Prainha do Norte > Faial: Pedro Miguel, Praia do Almoxarife, Praia do Norte > Flores: Ponta Delgada > Corvo: nothing > > Peekpike...I know the people at my local Portuguese hall pronounce Pico as > Peek. But you have an Austrialian accent and a Portuguese one, so it will > sound different. And you said the copy was in a crease. The only > freguesia that starts with Peek (corruption of Pico) is Pico da Pedra on > Sao Miguel island. Which is what Dano said. But Pedra isn't even close to > Pike. And it's not Faial island. How sure are you that it's Faial? > Didn't see you ordered DNA. If this is your only Portuguese line and you > match others from Faial, then I would think it's Faial. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > -- > For 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to [email protected]. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
