Mel, JR, Aaron,
By the way great search work Mel!!! I would like to have more free time to work on this. :) I am hunting down every MONTE I can find on Ernesto do Canto Index. I have done Achada, Achadinha and doing Vila do Nordeste. Until now I have not find any MANCEBO. Regarding to the meaning of the word MANCEBO at that time it is plausible that it would have the sense of junior. Junior started to be used (at least) in the 19th century to distinguish father and son with the same name… Mancebo, at that time meant also the boys turning 14 and being able to go to serve in the army. In the beginning the word meant “slave”, so we can assume the main sense of the word “mancebo” as someone who is dependant of someone else. So we may accept “mancebo” as “younger”. In our research it would mean that 2 MIGUEL MONTE existed at the same time in the same place! So, at least they were of the same family. Would they be father and son, or oncle and nephew, or cousins, or… ? Until now I have learnd that there are (at least) MONTE groups in almost everywhere: Ribeira Grande: Ribeira Seca, Maia, Porto Formoso, Achada, Achadinha, Vila de Nordeste, Ponta Garça, Ponta Delgada… The big question is to understand if they belong to just one and same family… I will be posting my findings in my web page. 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.
