Annie R, The short answer is however they felt like it.
It seems like the vast majority pick from their parents' or grandparents' names. Note that I said VAST MAJORITY. I did not say ALL. And then there are others that picked from the godparents or someone else that they wanted to honor. Kathy Cardoza (web master of the Azores Gen Web) and I wrote this free article on naming traditions: http://goo.gl/md09X You also may want to bookmark the main Azores GenWeb site too: http://goo.gl/Vh6M5 Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. To post to this group, send email to azores@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
