Interesting. I went to Vila Franca and they showed me the viola on the wall. It was made by my ancestor whose alcunha was Viola. And that's the word my family used on S.Miguel. Maybe it's a regional thing and maybe alcunha just got started through the lists and here we are today!
On Fri, Apr 24, 2015 at 8:04 AM, mnk <kamis...@comcast.net> wrote: > Maybe it depends where your ancestors are from. My parents, both from São > Miguel used apelido for nickname, sobre nome for last name. I only learned > "alcunha" from this list and other genealogy lists. > MNK > > -- > 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. > -- 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. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
