Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] dictionary of portuguese sephardic names

[George Medeiros]

Emmanuel,
Thank you for the information on this book. This is a topic of particular 
interest to me that I have been studying and reading about for several years. 
The first time I became aware that there were people of Portuguese descend who 
had Jewish roots was when I read a book titled  " The Cross and the Pear Tree: 
A Sephardic Journey " by Victor Perera. In that book I heard the story of the 
journey of the Spanish and Portuguese Perera's/Pereira's. 
I had been aware for many years that there were people of Spanish ancestry 
who had Jewish roots like St. Teresa of Avila and St. John of the Cross but not 
of Portuguese ancestry. I grew up in Newport,R.I. and in that city  is a 
synagogue known as Touro Synagogue build by Jews who had come from Spain in the 
Colonial Age but I had no idea some were Portuguese.
Later I read a book called "The Grandees" by Stephen Birmingham about the 
early American Sephardic Jewish Families.In that book he gives the genealogical 
chart of those families written about and tells their story. 
Finally I came across a book titled "The Return to Judaism " Descendants 
from the Inquisition Discovering Their Jewish Roots by Sandra Cumings Malamed. 
I found this book particularly helpful in the interviews she did in chapter 
5 with some people of Azorean Portuguese descent,some Catholic,who had familiar 
Portuguese surnames like my own ancestors like Pereira and Silva. In chapter 8 
she list the surnames of Spanish and Portuguese Marranos and their descendants. 
The lists are of known Jewish individuals and are presented as a possible guide 
to one's own heritage wherever one's own Marrano ancestors may have lived.She 
gives the  possible spelling of those name which might differ depending on the 
country in which they resided. In chapter 7 she gives a partial list of 
Sephardic Communities and Synagogues Worldwide.I think this is a very good book 
to read for those interested in their possible Sephardic roots. All of these 
books used or newcan be found on Amazon.
Thanks again for your post. George Michael ( Pereira ) Medeiros Jr.

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On Feb 26, 2016, at 9:50 PM, emmanuel lopes  wrote:

> "Dicionário Sefardi de Sobrenomes" (Dictionary of Sephardic surnames) 
> In English and Portuguese - authored by Guilherme Faiguenboim, Paulo 
> Valadares and Anna Rosa Campagnano - published by Fraiha Publishing House, 
> Sao Paulo, Brazil, 528 pp, about $47.
> 
> "This superb bilingual addition to the select library of essential books for 
> Sephardic Genealogy has 528 pages divided into several sections. The first 
> section, dealing with a brief Sephardic history and explanations of Sephardic 
> onomastics is printed on 150 pages of glossy paper, beautifully illustrated 
> and reminiscent of an "art book". The right hand page is in Portuguese and 
> the left hand in English, which - though translated by someone for whom 
> English is obviously not a first language - is quite enjoyable and 
> informative.
> 
> The remainder of the book, printed in non-glossy paper, consists of the 
> dictionary of 17,000 Sephardic surnames. For this, the authors modeled 
> themselves on Beider's Surnames of the Russian Empire, albeit with a few 
> modifications necessitated by dealing with surnames written in a variety of 
> alphabets and languages (instead of just Cyrillic), and covering a period of 
> 6 centuries and 335 sources instead of the much narrower period and sources 
> used by Beider. The dictionary section presents the surname, some spelling 
> variants, geographical locations, type (patronymic, descriptive, etc.), 
> meaning of, and sources where found. 
> 
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[AZORES-Genealogy] dictionary of portuguese sephardic names

[emmanuel lopes]

"*Dicionário Sefardi de Sobrenomes*" (*Dictionary of Sephardic surnames*)
In English and Portuguese - authored by Guilherme Faiguenboim, Paulo
Valadares and Anna Rosa Campagnano - published by Fraiha Publishing House,
Sao Paulo, Brazil, 528 pp, about $47.

"This superb bilingual addition to the select library of essential books
for Sephardic Genealogy has 528 pages divided into several sections. The
first section, dealing with a brief Sephardic history and explanations of
Sephardic onomastics is printed on 150 pages of glossy paper, beautifully
illustrated and reminiscent of an "art book". The right hand page is in
Portuguese and the left hand in English, which - though translated by
someone for whom English is obviously not a first language - is quite
enjoyable and informative.

The remainder of the book, printed in non-glossy paper, consists of the
dictionary of 17,000 Sephardic surnames. For this, the authors modeled
themselves on Beider's Surnames of the Russian Empire, albeit with a few
modifications necessitated by dealing with surnames written in a variety of
alphabets and languages (*instead of just Cyrillic*), and covering a period
of 6 centuries and 335 sources instead of the much narrower period and
sources used by Beider. The dictionary section presents the surname, some
spelling variants, geographical locations, type (patronymic, descriptive,
etc.), meaning of, and sources where found. 

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Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] dictionary

[Tish M]

I thank both of you for your suggestions of Furtado Imports. I will go down
to San Jose and look at them.

On Fri, Jan 15, 2010 at 11:34 PM, sarab...@aol.com wrote:

 Trish,
  I agree with Rosemarie. I have 2 or 3 different dictionaries and the
 best one by far was from Furtado Imports up in San Jose. It had cost a
 little more but was *so* much better.
 Arline Silveira in Grover Beach





  Trish,

 I have both that I purchased from Furtado Imports, San Jose CA. Their phone
 number is 408.293.0401. I paid $50 for each one but they are both invaluable
 in translating!

 Rosemarie

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[AZORES-Genealogy] dictionary

[Tish M]

Hi,
Since getting so much information in the last few days my curiosity has lead
me to information I want to explore, which I found online. It, of course is
written in Portuguese. My Portuguese has been limited to reading baptisms,
but my desire to learn more about Santa Maria has led me to expand my
horizons. I would like to know if there is a good Portuguese to English,
English to Portuguese dictionary that I can get, in hard copy and/or a
computer copy (not an online translator). Right now I am trying Ultralingua
which is adequate, but before buying it I would like to have some input from
those more accomplished than me.
This is the site that has the books I am interested in examining.
http://www.azoreangenealogy.com/biblioteca_acoreana_livros.htm
Tish
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Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] dictionary

[Rosemarie Capodicci]

Trish, 

I have both that I purchased from Furtado Imports, San Jose CA. Their phone 
number is 408.293.0401. I paid $50 for each one but they are both invaluable in 
translating! 

Rosemarie 
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  From: Tish M 
  To: Azores@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Friday, January 15, 2010 11:10 AM
  Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] dictionary


  Hi,
  Since getting so much information in the last few days my curiosity has lead 
me to information I want to explore, which I found online. It, of course is 
written in Portuguese. My Portuguese has been limited to reading baptisms, but 
my desire to learn more about Santa Maria has led me to expand my horizons. I 
would like to know if there is a good Portuguese to English, English to 
Portuguese dictionary that I can get, in hard copy and/or a computer copy (not 
an online translator). Right now I am trying Ultralingua which is adequate, but 
before buying it I would like to have some input from those more accomplished 
than me.
  This is the site that has the books I am interested in examining. 
  http://www.azoreangenealogy.com/biblioteca_acoreana_livros.htm
  Tish
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  Researching
  Island: Santa Maria
  Freguesia: Santa Barbara



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