May I also receive a copy of the ebook? thank you,
Linda On Tuesday, February 23, 2016 at 12:04:31 PM UTC-8, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Repost for Manuel Azevedo (email below): > > greetings to all, > > there has been very little research done on this topic. the extant jewish > cemeteries that i know of in ponta delgada ( são miguel), angra ( > terceira) and horta ( faial) all date from post pombal return of north > african/ gilbratar sephardim who established communities in faro, lisbon, > ponta delgada, angra and terceira. the synagogue in ponta delgada survived > and has recently been restored. the faro community created a museum/ > cemetery. the lisbon community which rebuilt its synagogue in 1904 was > taken over by the ashkenazi who fled the holocaust to portugal. the azorean > communities are non-existent. pedro merlim?, recently deceased wrote a book > entitled " os hebreus da terceira". > > these communities have no relation to the initial settlors of the > azores, some of whom were no doubt jews and after the forced conversion of > 1497 were known as new christians, (although porto judeu in terceira is not > porto de cristão novos!) > > inquisition records, which are on line ( torre de tombo national > archices) in my opinion relate the best social history of the period. > professor paulo drummond braga did his phd on the inquisition in the azores > which has been published. > > it contains a list of names from the 1604 " finta" ie. levy of new > christians in the azores that were taxed to pay for the general pardon > granted in 1604 by philip of spain ( remember the union of the two crowns > in 1580). > > i have reproduced the list on my blog ( ladina.blogspot.com) and as an > appendix in a book about the first azorean woman to be burned at the stake > in 1576 which i can send as an ebook to anyone who requests it by emailing > me at mlopesazevedo at yahoo.com or through the ladina blog. > > also on the blog are dutch notarial records from the 17th? and 18th > century which have some references to the azores. there is also an > excellent brazilian publication of portuguese new christian names and their > origin/location. > > cedros is not on the 1604 tax roll. there are cedros on pico. one family > member told me the family was from greece. lebanon? the jewish > connotation does accord with the factoid that new christains took names of > plants, including trees. > > cumprimentos > > manuel azevedo > > -- 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.
