Cheri: The top of my husband's pedigree chart goes back to the name Jacome. I went as far back as Sebastiao De Resendes Jacome (x Maria da Costa) in Santa Maria. Are your Jacome's from there also?
I looked up the meaning of Jacome and it's "Jacob". I thought of Jacob of the House of Israel. Maria Elena > On Jun 5, 2017, at 5:08 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Andrew M, > > However, most families really don't have a coat of arms or armorial. We were > just a bunch of hard working peasants back then! > > Also, you are used to the American tradition of naming patterns and you only > *think* your surname is Medeiros. It's not. My surname should have been > Jacome when you go back far enough (where I ran out of records). > > Cheri Mello (could have been Cheri de Mello or Cheri Jacome) > -- > 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. -- 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.

