It really depends on the Island, John. On Sao Jorge, for some odd reason, the priests abbreviated Dias! Seems crazy that they would but we all need to be really careful with the abbreviations and try to find the couple on multiple documents to finally find the 'true' name written out. On Sao Miguel, Diz is Dinis and possible on Terceira too but Dinis is not a common name on Sao Jorge so more research is needed. I always try to find other baptisms, hopefully, written in another hand to see if I'm correct on my original translation! Just more and more research! LOL
Rosemarie rcap...@gmail.com Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily On Wed, Jun 7, 2017 at 9:23 AM, JR <jmro...@gmail.com> wrote: > I really find it odd that the priests would bother to shorten already > short names. Like, Piz=Pires, Diz=Dias, Ana=Anna, Jo=Joao, etc. Then in > some locations, some abbreviations acquired possible double meanings. > Usually Joao is Jo. But in early Nordeste I came to find that Jmo could be > either Joao or Jeronimo. Found this out when I read RR's book. I knew > someone who actually researched Sao Jorge would clarify the name Diz. But > looking at it from outside, I would have guessed Diniz not Dias. > > JR > On Wednesday, June 7, 2017 at 11:55:31 AM UTC-4, Jeremy G. B-C wrote: >> >> In the 1600s the Calheta Priest always wrote Diz instead of Dias, I know >> because we just got through having to research that one! >> >> , >> >> Jeremy > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
