Yes, and it wasn't always last names. I loved my y g-grandfather! He was a great guy, but his name is driving me nuts! Nobody knows what his real name was.
He went here by JJ Carvalho. He once said his name was José Joaquim. He also said it was Joao. His cousin in Flores told me it was José José. What a mess... On Tuesday, February 10, 2015 at 9:46:44 PM UTC-8, David Perry wrote: > > We all rue the name changes in the Azores but the tradition carried on in > this country as well. We're all familiar with the more common changes such > as Pereira to Perry. However one of my lines went from Medeiros to Medas > to Meetis all in the span of fifty years or so. Another changed from > Manuel Rego to something entirely different because he didn't want to be > confused with his cousin, another Manuel Rego in the same town. Brick > walls are everywhere. > David > -- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
