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On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 2:35 AM, Shirl Sereque <[email protected]> wrote: > Versinha > > Hi! > I never took French in college but I could understand a little of what > was written. In fact, I have some of those same names in my tree! > Baltazar João Rodriques Versinha was born in 1531 in Braganca, Portugal > and married Anna João Rodrigues (born in 1535). Melchor Rodrigues Versinha > was born in 1557, João Rodrigues Versinha, born in 1531 in Braganca, > Portugal married Anna João Rodrigues (1535-1611). I had gotten the > information from other members in ancestry.com. If the original > Portuguese were there, I wasn't able to read any of it. But some of "my" > names were in the French information! I just noticed that I have some info > wrong! Gotta go back and check some more. > Thank you so much for sending the URL! > - Shirl - > > > On Thursday, January 21, 2016 6:06 PM, Margaret Vicente < > [email protected]> wrote: > > > -Shirl, > > I don't know if the name on your tree is correct without having first > seeing the original document but there is Versinha as a surname and/or nick > (alcunha). I checked the Porto thesaurus and it says it is the feminine > diminutive of the verb Versa. Versa is the resulting effect of the rain or > other has on the fields where all tall grass or crops get bent over. > > Further to that there is a book written in French with the title "Des > marranes a Spinoza" where it lists this name. The book talks about crypto - > Judaism and the title "marranes" clearly indicates the content. Here's the > link. > > > https://books.google.ca/books?id=YJ7IQDvytk0C&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&dq=versinha&source=bl&ots=SFCWt0lFCB&sig=wlYB8gAuF3aW4Ok8s-JAz9yvMMA&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjYzq65przKAhUovIMKHS-ODcAQ6AEIOzAJ#v=onepage&q=versinha&f=false > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Versinha means that the person transcribing the document can't read the > handwriting. Ask the person where they found that name. The original source > (not from another tree on the Internet). > > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > > > -- > Margaret M Vicente > -- > 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 https://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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
