"Pereira" became "Peters" for part of my tree. Happened in the 1920's when they couldn't get mail delivered. They live in the Patterson area of the Central Valley (California).
Bill Boyd On Feb 13, 2012, at 7:42 AM, Sonia Pacheco <spach...@umassd.edu> wrote: > Hi guys! > > I'm continuing to pursue the research that I started in Lisbon in September > 2011 and come to you guys with yet another question! > For those of you whose families had a significant change in surname (i.e. > Castanho became Brown; Pereira became Perry etc), have you been able to > pinpoint *when* and *where* this happened? > > Thanks in advance, > > Sonia > > Sónia Pacheco > Librarian Archivist > Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives > Claire T. Carney Library > University of Massachusetts Dartmouth > 285 Old Westport Road > N. Dartmouth, MA 02747 > Tel. 508-999-8695 > Fax 508-999-8424 > Email spach...@umassd.edu > Web site: http://www.lib.umassd.edu/archives/Archives.html > > -- > 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." -- 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."
