Thank you for this link! What a wealth of information!
Nancy Jean Baptista ________________________________ From: azores@googlegroups.com <azores@googlegroups.com> on behalf of Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> Sent: Tuesday, February 23, 2016 2:04 PM To: Azores Genealogy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Jewish information Repost for Manuel Azevedo (email below): greetings to all, there has been very little research done on this topic. the extant jewish cemeteries that i know of in ponta delgada ( são miguel), angra ( terceira) and horta ( faial) all date from post pombal return of north african/ gilbratar sephardim who established communities in faro, lisbon, ponta delgada, angra and terceira. the synagogue in ponta delgada survived and has recently been restored. the faro community created a museum/ cemetery. the lisbon community which rebuilt its synagogue in 1904 was taken over by the ashkenazi who fled the holocaust to portugal. the azorean communities are non-existent. pedro merlim?, recently deceased wrote a book entitled " os hebreus da terceira". these communities have no relation to the initial settlors of the azores, some of whom were no doubt jews and after the forced conversion of 1497 were known as new christians, (although porto judeu in terceira is not porto de cristão novos!) inquisition records, which are on line ( torre de tombo national archices) in my opinion relate the best social history of the period. professor paulo drummond braga did his phd on the inquisition in the azores which has been published. it contains a list of names from the 1604 " finta" ie. levy of new christians in the azores that were taxed to pay for the general pardon granted in 1604 by philip of spain ( remember the union of the two crowns in 1580). i have reproduced the list on my blog ( ladina.blogspot.com<http://ladina.blogspot.com>) and as an appendix in a book about the first azorean woman to be burned at the stake in 1576 which i can send as an ebook to anyone who requests it by emailing me at mlopesazevedo at yahoo.com<http://yahoo.com> or through the ladina blog. [http://portuguese-american-journal.com/wp-content/gallery/synaguoge/1396518_1397540407151217_1876783940_n.jpg]<http://ladina.blogspot.com/> Ladina<http://ladina.blogspot.com/> ladina.blogspot.com José de Almeida Mello is a prolific author of many books and monographs. He published Sahar Hassamain Synagogue in Ponta Delgada (2009) a book which tells the story ... also on the blog are dutch notarial records from the 17th? and 18th century which have some references to the azores. there is also an excellent brazilian publication of portuguese new christian names and their origin/location. cedros is not on the 1604 tax roll. there are cedros on pico. one family member told me the family was from greece. lebanon? the jewish connotation does accord with the factoid that new christains took names of plants, including trees. cumprimentos manuel azevedo -- 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<mailto: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.
