You read me right, Cheri, I knew you would... Eliseu: I don't use a "Portuguese" keyboard, although, I do have that option. Its just too much trouble switching back and forth - considering that *diacritics *are a European fetish, seldom used in English. I do use them, religiously, however, in my database. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
On Tuesday, July 29, 2014 12:01:41 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > > 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.
