I have a question that is probably remedial, but how to you type Acores with that little tail under the "c"?
Edna [email protected] Joshua 10:14 "And there was no day like that before it or after it where the Lord listened to the voice of a man; for the Lord fought for Israel" On Jul 4, 2014, at 10:32 AM, João Ventura <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi Mara, > > Sorry to correct you, but upto 1976 the island of São Jorge used to belong to > the district of Angra do Heroísmo. For place names in mainland Portugal, it > makes sense to use one of the following: > > - parish, municipality, district, Portugal (e.g. Queluz, Sintra, Lisboa, > Portugal); or, > - Portugal, district, municipality, parish (e.g. Portugal, Lisboa, Sintra, > Queluz) > > Which one you use depends a lot on your preference. A parish in São Jorge > following the above scheme would indeed include something like São Jorge, > Velas, Angra do Heroísmo, Portugal (for http://tombo.pt/en/f/vls05). When I > created the tombo.pt website, I actually followed this. But as it was > confusing to everyone, I dropped the old districts and in the case of Azores, > I recomend to use the following: > > - parish, municipality, island, Açores, Portugal, or > - Portugal, Açores, island, municipality, parish. > > I'd recommend to never translate the place names (i.e. use Açores, and Lisboa > instead of Azores and Lisbon). It only confuses when people decide to > translate São Miguel to St. Michael, but they don't translate Flores to > Flowers. > > Best regards, > > João Ventura > http://tombo.pt/en > > On Friday, 4 July 2014 17:41:34 UTC+2, Mara wrote: > Hi Donna, > > Do not accept the auto fill suggestions because they are wrong. Names of the > islands should never be converted ie. São Jorge (S. Jorge) to St. George. > Azores is acceptable as it is the region and a recognizable/acceptable EN > translation. > > Angra do Heroismo is the capital city of the island of Terceira, nothing to > do with the island of S. Jorge. > > > On Thu, Jul 3, 2014 at 6:38 PM, Donna Olovson <[email protected]> wrote: > I am compiling my family info for familysearch Family Tree. When I'm typing > the place of birth in this program, the computer autofills. It always > includes the term "Angra do Heroísmo > > > > The autofilled standard insert for place of birth automatically pops up as : > > > > St George, Angra do Heroísmo, Azores, Portugal > > > > What I actually typed was: > > > > Village of Rosais, Council of Velas, São Jorge, Azores > > > > So the standard replacement that autofilled my record didn't include the > village or Council. > > > > Can someone tell me if "Angra do Heroísmo" is accurate for the name of > the place where he was born_ > > > > Thank you in advance for any help. -DonnaO > > PS I'm also submitting my into to our Azores DNA Project > > > -- > 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. > > > > -- > Margaret M Vicente > > -- > 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.
