RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature

2017-08-22 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Azores Genealogy [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] Sent: Monday, August 21, 2017 11:01 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com 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

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature

2017-08-21 Thread themom8682 via Azores Genealogy
Message- 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 s

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature

2017-08-21 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
: 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

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature

2017-08-21 Thread themom8682 via Azores Genealogy
; > *Rick* > > > > *From:* azo...@googlegroups.com [mailto: > azo...@googlegroups.com ] *On Behalf Of *Azores Genealogy > group > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 8, 2017 4:18 AM > *To:* Azores Genealogy > *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature > >

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature

2017-08-16 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
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

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature

2017-08-16 Thread Kim White
es Genealogy > group > *Sent:* Tuesday, August 8, 2017 4:18 AM > *To:* Azores Genealogy > *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature > > > > G'day folks, > > > > Recently there has been discussion on using modern Portuguese whenever > using

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature

2017-08-08 Thread Richard Francis Pimentel
Sent: Tuesday, August 8, 2017 4:18 AM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature G'day folks, Recently there has been discussion on using modern Portuguese whenever using family tree databases. I fully support such a standardisation but what is the definitive

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature

2017-08-08 Thread Rosemarie Capodicci
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

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature

2017-08-08 Thread Cheri Mello
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

[AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese Nomenclature

2017-08-08 Thread Azores Genealogy group
G'day folks, Recently there has been discussion on using modern Portuguese whenever using family tree databases. I fully support such a standardisation but what is the definitive reference source document? As a non speaking Aorean descendant how do I determine what's modern? Examples to You