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On Fri, Jan 22, 2016 at 2:35 AM, Shirl Sereque <shirl.sere...@frontier.com> wrote: > Versinha > > Hi! > I never took French in college but I could understand a little of what > was written. In fact, I have some of those same names in my tree! > Baltazar João Rodriques Versinha was born in 1531 in Braganca, Portugal > and married Anna João Rodrigues (born in 1535). Melchor Rodrigues Versinha > was born in 1557, João Rodrigues Versinha, born in 1531 in Braganca, > Portugal married Anna João Rodrigues (1535-1611). I had gotten the > information from other members in ancestry.com. If the original > Portuguese were there, I wasn't able to read any of it. But some of "my" > names were in the French information! I just noticed that I have some info > wrong! Gotta go back and check some more. > Thank you so much for sending the URL! > - Shirl - > > > On Thursday, January 21, 2016 6:06 PM, Margaret Vicente < > margaretvice...@gmail.com> wrote: > > > -Shirl, > > I don't know if the name on your tree is correct without having first > seeing the original document but there is Versinha as a surname and/or nick > (alcunha). I checked the Porto thesaurus and it says it is the feminine > diminutive of the verb Versa. Versa is the resulting effect of the rain or > other has on the fields where all tall grass or crops get bent over. > > Further to that there is a book written in French with the title "Des > marranes a Spinoza" where it lists this name. The book talks about crypto - > Judaism and the title "marranes" clearly indicates the content. Here's the > link. > > > https://books.google.ca/books?id=YJ7IQDvytk0C&pg=PA263&lpg=PA263&dq=versinha&source=bl&ots=SFCWt0lFCB&sig=wlYB8gAuF3aW4Ok8s-JAz9yvMMA&hl=en&sa=X&sqi=2&ved=0ahUKEwjYzq65przKAhUovIMKHS-ODcAQ6AEIOzAJ#v=onepage&q=versinha&f=false > > > On Thu, Jan 21, 2016 at 8:33 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > Versinha means that the person transcribing the document can't read the > handwriting. Ask the person where they found that name. The original source > (not from another tree on the Internet). > > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > > > -- > Margaret M Vicente > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
