Yes, most of us now just use the modern spelling. It's a headache down the road when you get a few thousand people. Say the marriage says Manoel da Souza and Marianna da Trindade, I enter Manuel da Sousa and Mariana da Trindade and I put in the marriage note field "married as Manoel da Souza and Marianna da Trindade."
De Da Do....Yeah, if we all used them, then the majority of Portuguese names would begin with the letter D! The De Da Do is really a surname prefix. In the above example I would enter the names like this: Given: Manuel da Surname: Sousa and for her: Given: Mariana da Trindade Surname: Her surname is left blank. I can search by first name in my fully featured genealogy program, so it's not a problem at all. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 10:07 AM 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy < azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > In your opinion, should I record all names with the “modern” spelling for > ease of searching or will that only cause more confusion down the line? > Also, I’m thinking of eliminating the “de”, “da”, “do” since it seems to > cause problems for my computer program, Familytree, when searching for > people with several surnames. Opinions? > > > > Sam (Mazatlán, MX) > > > > *From: *Leonor Bertoni <leonor.bert...@gmail.com> > *Sent: *Friday, March 1, 2019 10:37 AM > *To: *azores@googlegroups.com > *Subject: *Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] which is correct, "z" or "s" > > > > Funny enough, the other day my 23 year old daughter turned to her brother > and said “do you know what is the best thing about mãe doing all this > ancestry stuff? When we take over, we won’t have to deal with all this > frustration” I silently smirked knowing that for them, for now, ignorance > is bliss, but one day they will see what frustration really is! > > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 12:32 PM Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > > About 1910-1911 they changed the "z" to an "s" (although we have people > writing the records who weren't the best of spellers). There's been a more > recent change too, but that won't affect what we are researching. Let our > grandkids deal with that one! LOL > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > > > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 9:25 AM Leonor Bertoni <leonor.bert...@gmail.com> > wrote: > > I think the more modern spelling is with an “s” instead of “z”. I’ve seen > Joze, Thereza, Roza and even the parish church was Nossa Senhora do Rozario > where as today it is Nossa Senhora do Rosario. Interestingly enough, the > Spanish kept the “z”, Souza, Dominguez, etc. > > > > On Fri, Mar 1, 2019 at 12:08 PM 'Sam (Camas, WA)' via Azores Genealogy < > azores@googlegroups.com> wrote: > > Cheri; Speaking of “z” and “s” , I think I’ve seen Sousa and Souza along > with several other changes in spelling in the various records. Is it a > function of time frame, the particular priest or am I mis-remembering > this. I know Jacintha and Jacinta as well as Theresa and Teresa but; I > think I’ve also see Tereza. 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