I'm glad you confirmed NOT to add father's surname . Ugh- that is so hard to do because there's so many with the same first name- Maria"s. I recently did that on family search so I'll have to go back and delete those last names. Thank you for the reminder
Maria Elena > On Feb 24, 2015, at 10:41 AM, Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote: > > For those new to Portuguese research and entering names into your genealogy > program do not give the girls their Father's surname! As Cheri stated, there > is a time when there is no surname given in the documents and you can't do as > we do in this country and give the girls their Dad's surname. In some time > periods in the Azores, the girls/ladies are just listed as Maria de Jesus, > daughter of so-and-so or Maria de Jesus, wife of so-and-so. It does make it > difficult, especially when they oft times change their religious name in > midstream! It's either that or the Priest confuses Maria de Jesus with her > Mom's name of Maria de Sao Jose! It also happens with the men sometimes. My > Manuel Ignacio de Souza was only Manuel Ignacio on most of his children's > baptism's. My Jorge Jose Reis only had Reis listed on one of his children's > baptismal records and his death record! So, the rule is--Don't Assume > Anything!! > > > Rosemarie > [email protected] > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > >> On Tue, Feb 24, 2015 at 7:35 AM, Annie Carvalho <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> I'm not quite sure the way I'm supposed to list some of my Portuguese names >> on ancestry.com >> >> Example: >> >> Maria de Jesus de Freitas? >> >> What is the surname? de Freitas? Freitas? >> >> Do I list her as >> >> (First Name) Maria de Jesus de (Surname) Freitas ??? >> >> Can someone tell me what is correct? >> Thanks! >> Annie >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
