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Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 11:01 PM
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature
I was lucky and found it in a library not too far from where I live
(California). So I want to get as much info as I can
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From: Richard Francis Pimentel <rfrancispimen...@comcast.net>
To: azores <azores@googlegroups.com>
Sent: Mon, Aug 21, 2017 7:28 pm
Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature
Hi Lisa,
Yes that is the section. I have found it very useful over the years. The other
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: Monday, August 21, 2017 7:06 PM
To: Azores Genealogy
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature
Rick,
I was able to get a copy of the book you reference, Azores Islands A History,
and I'm wondering if the "standardized last name spellings" that you refer to
is the lis
Rick,
I was able to get a copy of the book you reference, Azores Islands A
History, and I'm wondering if the "standardized last name spellings" that
you refer to is the list of names covering about 70 pages that is in a
table format giving the Family Name, Name Derivation, Family Origin, and
No my family arrived in 1900 and were all in Massachusetts.
Rick
From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Kim
White
Sent: Wednesday, August 16, 2017 8:18 PM
To: Azores Genealogy
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature
Thank you all
Thank you all for this thread on Paleography. Rick, do you happen to have
an Ed. Pimentell in your tree? This person would have been living in the
Hayward, California area in 1897. I have an old newspaper clipping with a
picture of the "Forester's Band," "Haywards," taken in 1897. Along with a
I standardize last name spellings using James Guill’s list from Vol 5, Azores
Islands a History. In this book he has listed SOUSA not Souza. My Genealogy
program allows flexibility on names. My grandfather spelled his name Pimental,
according to his Baptismal record the correct spelling is
Tony you need to go to the AzoresGenWeb site and download the Basic
Portuguese Paleography. In the center of the booklet it lists given names
and surnames in the modern spellings. Also, James Guill's book *The History
of the Azores , *if you could find a copy, has a section with surnames in
the
Tony A,
You'll learn as you go along.
Manoel de Souza is...
Given name(s): Manuel de
Last name: Sousa
Da, de, do, d' are surname prefixes. They aren't part of the last name
unless that person uses it today as their legal name (my cousin, Altino
Demelo's last legal name is Demelo, so I have that
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