I knew Lisbon couldn't be in two countries at once. ;) Someone wasn't right up on it, and who could blame someone in 19th century Massachusetts for not being up on their Spanish geography.
I did honestly think it was really in Spain. Specifically, I thought it's it's capitol. What's an alcunha? Yours, Dora Smith Austin, TX tiggernu...@yahoo.com ----- Original Message ----- From: Cheri Mello To: Azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Friday, January 30, 2009 11:04 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Trying to make sense of these names Dora, Maybe Bandura was their alcunha. Francis would be Francisco in the Portuguese records. Antoine would be Antonio. Siblings can use different surnames. This was common back then. Faial (modern spelling; Fayal is the archaic spelling) is part of the Azorean archipelago. Lisbon, Portugal is not Spain. Spain and Portugal are two different countries. I'm not good with European history, but I think Portugal became its own country somewhere around the year 1000. If you are researching in 1870, there should be no confusion about which country is Spain and which is Portugal. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, R. das Tainhas, Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores-unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
