Eliseu, I don't know that Dano types with diacritics. I know he meant Piné and not Pine (as in the tree).
Interesting point about the Piné name. As far as I know (in my research) the Mello Pinés stayed in Ribeira Quente until they left for America. I don't know of any that went to Brasil and back to São Miguel, but I haven't researched every single one of them either. As far as I can tell, we Mellos started to take over the freguesia so they started compounding the surname or adding an alcunha to differentiate themselves from one another (waaaay too many Manuel de Mellos in that freguesia!) 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
