This happened so much! My Uncle Antonio Constantine Lemos changed his name to Antonio Constantine Neves (in the USA) because his *mail* kept getting mixed up with his uncle, and two cousins of the same name!
Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Sat, Sep 3, 2016 at 10:45 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Calvo means bald. It may be a nickname. > > Let's say your guy is Antonio da Costa. He has his uncle Antonio da Costa. > And his cousin Antonio da Costa. And his nephew, Antonio da Costa. Too many > Antonios. Because he's losing his hair, they start calling him Calvo to > distinguish him from all his other relatives named Antonio da Costa. It was > much, much more confusing to have 4 Antonio da Costas living in the same > village. Two is hard enough. We have 2 Joao Venturas on this list and many > people mix them up. That is why I state Joao Ventura the archivist from > Joao Ventura who is involved in computers. > > 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. > -- 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.
