Thanks, that's new for me Cheri, but then again, I haven't reached anything, before 1800 yet, in any of my lines!
On Sun, Feb 9, 2014 at 12:35 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Ricardo, > > Back in the day, women (when they had surnames) would be Velha instead of > Velho, Pacheca instead of Pacheco, Furtada instead of Furtado. But they > never made a woman a Mella. I don't know the rhyme or reason for this. > > I haven't standardized all the entries in my genealogy program (making all > Velho/a as Velho, all Pacheco/a as Pacheco). I just typed what I saw and > didn't think. > 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. > -- Ricardo Chaves -- 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.
