It is a title showing respect, like 'madam' 'sir' or 'miss', et al
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--- On Thu, 2/19/09, nancy jean baptiste <fishsongf...@hotmail.com> wrote:
From: nancy jean baptiste <fishsongf...@hotmail.com>
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] titles
To: "azores group" <azores@googlegroups.com>
Date: Thursday, February 19, 2009, 3:55 PM
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Greetings Group,
While reading so many records from Sao Jorge I've noticed that occassionally
women have the title "Dona". I'm curious what it signifies. It isn't simply the
name Dona but a title of some sort.
Thank you,
Nancy Jean Baptiste
researching:
Pico for da Castro, Cardoza, Pixotto, Furtado
Sao Jorge for Baptista, Veterino, Bettencourt, Silveira, Teixeira, Pereira,
Enos, Lemos
Santa Maria for Cabral
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