Thanks Margaret and thanks to others who posted on this. I think this
closes the mystery on my Maria Mello and my Gamboa/Grou ancestors. They
were from Ponta Garca through Nordestinho I posted on this a few days ago
and JR and Richard and Angela responded. Couldn't have done it without
The dictionary says its a bird, a crane. They adopted all sorts of
nicknames, sometimes appropriate and obvious, but other times, who knows
why.
JR
On Sunday, November 16, 2014 9:20:36 AM UTC-5, Herb wrote:
Thanks Margaret and thanks to others who posted on this. I think this
closes the
I didn't know that the Belmonte Jews were originally from Sabugal and
Monsanto.
http://cryptojews.com/the-tale-of-belmontes-crypto-jews/
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Belmonte,_Portugal
Antonio Faria
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This link contains Pictures of the Jewish Tourism sites to mainland
Portugal it is in Portuguese but the pictures are really nice. The youtube
video is a performance of three cantors at the Portuguese Jewish Synagogue
in Amsterdam.
http://www.redejudiariasportugal.com/index.php/pt/
My
Just in case you care to know:
Grou (Grouw) is also a town in Holland and there is also a town in the
continent called Calha do Grou. I must say, as a surname, that is a new one for
me :))
Hermano
Date: Sun, 16 Nov 2014 08:19:40 -0800
From: jmro...@gmail.com
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Yes it is a very complex line because of naming customs and because of cousin
marriages. This is the first time I have ever seen the name Grou however.
During my research of other villages I have only come across the name Gambia
one other time and I can't remember the villagew
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I have a confusing problem. I've written before about my line Pacheco de
Resendes. In 1799, they had a son, Remigio Pacheco. Remigio's descendents
went by Pacheco Remigio, Remigio Pacheco, Pacheco, and Romiza (after 1900
in the US). The family is in Maia, Ribeira Grande, and there are no
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