An "a" is feminine or female and an "o" is masculine or male. So Velho or Pacheco are on men's names and Velha or Pacheca are on women's names.
With the diacritics (José, Conceição) you have to export it as ANSI or ANSEL. João who does the computer programming and the Tombo.pt site can probably explain better. Cheri -- 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.

