I have one if my kids ancestor who went by J.J da Silva. His name was Joaquin Jose da Silva
On Tuesday, February 24, 2015, Annie Carvalho <[email protected]> wrote: > Yes, and it wasn't always last names. > I loved my y g-grandfather! > He was a great guy, but his name is driving me nuts! > Nobody knows what his real name was. > > He went here by JJ Carvalho. > He once said his name was José Joaquim. > He also said it was Joao. > His cousin in Flores told me it was José José. > > > What a mess... > > > On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 9:46:44 PM UTC-8, David Perry wrote: >> >> We all rue the name changes in the Azores but the tradition carried on in >> this country as well. We're all familiar with the more common changes such >> as Pereira to Perry. However one of my lines went from Medeiros to Medas >> to Meetis all in the span of fifty years or so. Another changed from >> Manuel Rego to something entirely different because he didn't want to be >> confused with his cousin, another Manuel Rego in the same town. Brick >> walls are everywhere. >> David >> > -- > 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] > <javascript:_e(%7B%7D,'cvml','azores%[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.
