Edna, I'm starting your thread over. You are asking about diacritics. Cheri
On Fri, Jul 4, 2014 at 3:15 PM, Edna Epps <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. 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