My great uncle had to let the "de" go as part of the naturalization (and keep only 1 of his 2 family names, "by order of court"). Maybe the other choise he was given was to "change" the name to "DeLoura". But that still doesn't change the fact that he is "Loura" in his birth and baptism records. People should learn about their origins, including their family name...
2014-03-31 21:25 GMT+01:00 Dano <[email protected]>: > Good going, Eliseu, most of the time, they don't get the prefix right > anyway. Well what can you expect from people who don't know that St. > Michael, and, St George in Portuguese is Sao Miguel and Sao Jorge. > > > On Monday, March 31, 2014 1:30:06 PM UTC-4, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva wrote: >> >> Hi! >> >> Someone told me that she could not find anyone at my web page... after a >> while I realized why!!! She was looking for DE PACHECO or DA SILVA or other >> DE/DA/DO/DOS combinations: >> >> >> >> - There is no Portuguese surnames such as: DE (DA/DAS/DO/DOS) >> COSTA, DE SILVA, DE AMARAL!!! >> >> >> >> As an example, if you look for a "*DE Something"* surname at my web page >> (or at many others) you will get nothing! >> >> >> >> Please remember that a Sousa is never a DE SOUSA. The DE is there just to >> link the surnames. >> >> >> >> Hope it helps... >> >> >> >> *Eliseu Pacheco da Silva* >> >> Researching Açores (São Miguel and Graciosa) and Alentejo >> >> ( http://gw.geneanet.org/eliseumanuel ) >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> > -- > 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]. > 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
