Thank you Tomas! I really appreciate your information.
Linda On Sunday, November 15, 2015 at 10:30:43 PM UTC-8, Tomas Leal wrote: > > We have a canada running through our property on Pico. It's a footpath > running from the rua up the side of the hill to allow access to the various > terraces which are land-locked. Canadas started as footpaths, whether > providing access to terraces above, cutting through a woods, or leading to > someone’s house from one of the “caminhos,” which were more used roads > within and between towns. To identify where someone lived or something was, > villagers gave names to many of the canadas. Over time, some of the canadas > got widened so a cart could get through and some got gravel put on them. > Outside of the established cities such as Ponta Delgada, Angra, Horta, and > a few others, most Azorean roads had only popular names the locals used > until the second half of the 20th century, when "official" names came into > being. Some canadas became newly-named roads that kept the word "canada" > in their names, but often these new roads were given names honoring various > individuals. Thus, a canada name that appears on an old birth, marriage, or > death registration may no longer exist by that name—if it exists at all > today. Sometimes, oldtimers remember where a certain canada used to be or > what name a current road popularly had in the past. As a result, a canada > can be a nameless footpath but today it could also be a back alley or a > minor road in a town. > > > Tomás Leal > -- 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.
