My husband has BETTENCOURT in his ancestry, from Sao Jorge island.
Shirley
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  From: John Raposo 
  To: azores@googlegroups.com 
  Sent: Sunday, February 20, 2011 8:42 AM
  Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?


        Indeed it is. The Bettencourts went to the Azores via the Canary 
Islands and then Madeira. They are among my ancestors.

        John Miranda Raposo

        --- On Sun, 2/20/11, jane collins <godspeedj...@yahoo.com> wrote:


          From: jane collins <godspeedj...@yahoo.com>
          Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?
          To: azores@googlegroups.com
          Date: Sunday, February 20, 2011, 4:38 PM


                Bettencourt is a French name. Both of my grandparents were from 
the Azores.

                Jane

                --- On Sat, 2/19/11, Linda Norton <patli...@verizon.net> wrote:


                  From: Linda Norton <patli...@verizon.net>
                  Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?
                  To: azores@googlegroups.com
                  Date: Saturday, February 19, 2011, 6:52 PM


                  Could it still be possible that people who settled in that 
area near Lisbon could have been from France? I know that Portugal was settlers 
from all different countries when it became established.

                  Linda

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                  Sent: Friday, February 18, 2011 9:22 PM
                  To: azores@googlegroups.com
                  Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Catholic or Jewish Roots?


                  Vila Franca is an old city near Lisbon.  Vila Franca de Xira. 
 According to -Nossa Senhora da Vida- 3rd Visconde de Botelho, that Vila Franca 
do Campo was named by Goncalo Vaz Botelho, one of the early colonizers in Sao 
Miguel.  It is thought that he was born in the region of Vila Franca de Xira, 
close to Lisbon where his family had good estates (seigniories).  Many of us 
are descendants of Goncalo Vaz Botelho.
                  Eloise

                  In a message dated 2/18/2011 5:19:19 P.M. Pacific Standard 
Time, patli...@verizon.net writes:
                    Vila
                    Franca were people from France.


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