Hi Michelle, I don't know if this is the right explanation but I think the change of names is because Portuguese always translate names. If you are an Elizabeth in England, you'll be called Isabel ,in Portugal - they do it all the time with the british royal family: Rainha Isabel (Queen Elizabeth), Principe Felipe (Prince Phillip) , Principe Carlos, Principe Andre and Principe Eduardo. As some names (Arsenio for instance) are probably non existing in the English language, they translate to the nearest in sound...LOL - makes sense... regards Luciana Raposo
On Jun 12, 8:06 pm, morinmi <morinmi1...@gmail.com> wrote: > Hello group, > > I hope someone has the answer to these questions. Maybe someone in > their family explained why. > > I've been having a rough time tracing my family. Slowly but surely I > am finding new information. and can credit that success to being able > to cross reference information found at the UMass Dartmouth Paper. One > of my biggest problems has been the frequency in which they moved and > changed their names. I don't know if others have experienced that or > not or maybe it was just most of my family on the run. LOL A recent > example is a relative named Arsenio Pamplona Corte Real Camara. I've > found him using the names Harrison Cambra, Harrison Camara, the above > name, Arsenio Camara/Cambra and Frank Perry/Pereira. Absolutely > unbelievable!!! You'd think they were living in this day & age and > were afraid of identify theft. > > Curiosity is my main reason for the questions but am I to expect this > with most of my Portuguese ancestors? I've definitely found it to be > the case with the moving part but the name changes too??? > > Thank you for your time. > > Regards, > Michelle --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
