[AZORES-Genealogy] Azores Conference

[Eugenia]

Glad the Azores Conference in Salt Lake City, UT was a success.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: MAIATO surname

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Doug

I found the name MAIATO in my database of Portuguese Names and Their 
Meanings:

Maiato -

  Maiato - Derive from Malato.
Family name.  Origin: Azores.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield 
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 215.

I hope this information was helpful.

Eugenia



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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: A Family Bible Story

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 E,


Check search on the Internet for a book binder, book repair, 
book restorer type of businesses in your area.  Also stop by a Used Book 
Store, Antique shop for recommendation to have the bible repaired.

Recommend: Scan all the *birth, marriage *and *death* entries  front page 
where it shows date and published the bible.  I do this to all the old 
books and print the scanned pages for daily use for genealogy.  Less wear 
and tear of the bible and it will last a long time.  

Also keep the bible is a cool, dry, not direct sun light area to keep it 
safe for your Great-Grandchild.  Do not keep in the attic where the pages 
will dry out and fall out.  Do not keep it in the basement where dampness 
will hurt the pages of the ancestors.  Keep it proudly on a shelf in a nice 
room where generations can look at it and learn about the family.

Glad you have the Bible, be sure to make copies for family members as 
Christmas gifts, might be a fun too do.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Ancestorstuff.com

[Eugenia]

 I visited the Ancestor Stuff web site:


 The web site has books for sale, CDs etc.


 Portugal: Book, Jewish: Dictionary of Sephardic Surnames: Second Edition 
 (Dicionário Sefaradi De Sobrenomes). by Guilherme Faiguenboim, Paulo 
 Valadares, Anna Rosa Campagnano for $41.40.


 Can Subscribe to their Free Newsletter.


 Did a general search on problems with the web site and found none.


 Ancestor Stuff web site: http://www.ancestorstuff.com 




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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azevedo from Sao Jorge, late 1800s

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Guida,

I have some Azevedo family that lived in Gustine, CA. My cousin Lenora 
(Cardoza) Azevedo 1904-2004 married Manuel Azevedo 1898-1984.

Manuel Azevedo 1898-1984 father was Joao Verislmo Azevedo 1868-1913 and his 
mother Ida Victorina Azevedo 1891-1962. The parents had a General Store in 
Gustine, Merced Co., CA.

Is this family connected to your Azevedo family?

Eugenia 

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: California Death Obit. or death information

[Eugenia]

Steven, 
 
Check the below web sites. You need to know the date, place, and married 
surname to find more information.
 

National Obituary Archive: 
*ttp://www.arrangeonline.com*http://www.arrangeonline.com/ 

Legacy 
*http://www.legacy.com/NS/memorial-sites*http://www.legacy.com/NS/memorial-sites
 

Legacy *http://www.legacy.com/ns* http://www.legacy.com/ns 

Finda a Grave 
*http://www.findagrave.com/surnames.html*http://www.findagrave.com/surnames.html
 

Obits archive *http://www.obitsarchive.com* http://www.obitsarchive.com/ 

*http://www.ancestorhunt.com/obituary_search.htm*http://www.ancestorhunt.com/obituary_search.htm
 

Obituary Central *http://obitcentral.com* http://obitcentral.com/ 

The Obituary Daily Times 
*http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obituary*http://www.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~obituary
 

Good luck in your search.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] San Leandro library CA helps preserve Portuguese historical newspapers

[Eugenia]

 

Found this newspaper news story about *Portuguese newspapers* being 
digitizing: A Voz Portuguesa and 13 other Portuguese-language newspapers. 
See below for more information.

The news story mentions about the Portuguese library, J.A. Freitas Library 
of San Leandro, CA

Eugenia


* 

San Leandro library CA helps preserve historical newspapers

By Rob Dennis

The Argusmercurynews.com
http://www.mercurynews.com/breaking-news/ci_20505399/san-leandro-library-helps-preserve-historical-newspapers

Posted: 04/29/2012 12:00:00 AM PDT
*Like many other California migrants, the Portuguese came for the gold. 
When that didn't pan out, they found something nearly as valuable: land. 

By 1880, more than 13,000 people of Portuguese descent had settled in 
California, mostly on farms in the northern part of the state.

They needed news about their homeland, news about the world, news about 
their community scattered across the California diaspora. That news came in 
the form of A Voz Portuguesa, established by Antonio Maria Vicente in 
August 1880. That same month, San Leandro became home to the first 
Portuguese fraternal society in the state.

Now, 132 years later, the society has teamed up with the University of 
Massachusetts Dartmouth to digitize issues of A Voz Portuguesa and 13 
other Portuguese-language newspapers published in California from 1885 to 
1940.

The newspapers are starting to deteriorate everywhere on the edges, said 
Timothy Borges, CEO of the Portuguese Fraternal Society of America, 
pointing to a raggedy June 1885 issue of the San Francisco newspaper O 
Progresso Californiense in the society's collection.

The reason these are so important is they're the earliest known 
Portuguese-language newspapers from California.

Four Portuguese fraternal groups, including the original San Leandro 
society, merged two years ago to form the Portuguese Fraternal Society of 
America. The society owns and operates the J.A. Freitas Library in San 
Leandro, a vast collection of Portuguese books and other historical 
memorabilia, including the newspapers.

The Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese-American Archives at the University of 
Massachusetts Dartmouth offered to digitize the newspapers, having done the 
same for copies of Diario de Noticias, a daily newspaper published in New 
Bedford, Mass., between 1919 and 1973.

Given the major role played by the Portuguese in California's agriculture, 
the newspapers are essential for understanding the state's history and 
economy, said Gloria de Sa, faculty director of the archives.

They provide a treasure trove for historians, genealogists, sociologists, 
anthropologists and other researchers, because much of the information 
can't be found elsewhere, she said.

In addition to local, national and international news, the papers 
documented social events and everyday life -- from religious festivals to 
wedding and birth announcements and obituaries.

It's fascinating, de Sa said. You find things that you would never find 
in today's newspapers, like 'Mr. so-and-so just recovered from an illness 
that confined him to bed for two weeks.' 

Photos, advertisements and editorials provide a window into fashions, 
patterns of consumption, the cost of goods and the Portuguese perspective 
on major issues of the period.

The San Leandro library offers a similar window. A display case contains 
Holy Ghost crowns, common in Azorean culture. Another holds the original 
minutes of the fraternal society from 1880 and the original knife (it 
squirted red ink) used for swearing in blood brothers.

Old photos line the walls, including one of the Portuguese exhibit at the 
1915 Panama-Pacific International Exposition in San Francisco and another 
of San Leandro's first Cherry Festival in 1909.

Another room offers cases filled with books in Portuguese about the Azores 
and Portugal's history and literature, along with an English-language 
section. 

The Portuguese immigrated to the United States in phases, starting in the 
late 18th century. Many came to California in the mid-1800s during the Gold 
Rush.

They didn't find money, but they found land, de Sa said. This was a new 
experience for them, to own acres and acres of land.

More than 50 percent of California's dairy farm owners are of Portuguese 
descent.

My grandfather at one time was one of them, and I milked a few cows 
myself, Borges said.

Another major wave of immigration came in the last quarter of the 19th 
century, and another in the 1910s and 1920s, before restrictive immigration 
laws were passed.

They (Southern and Eastern European immigrants) were considered too 
foreign to be absorbed into the mainstream of American society, de Sa 
said. During the next 40 years or so, immigration from Portugal was almost 
nonexistent.

The doors opened again in the late 1950s after a volcanic eruption 
devastated the island of Faial in the Azores and again in the late 1960s 
after new immigration laws allowed families

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Help with Mother's Last name on Casamento.

[Eugenia]

Joe,

I did some research on the name Casamento.  Masculine name

I found on Ancestry.com Casamenta. Feminine name.  Most are in New
York state.  I search Ancestry.com and found people from Italy.

http://www.ancestry.com/name-origin?surname=casamenta

I checked my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and did
not find Casamento or Casamenta.

I hope this helps with your research.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Eighth Annual National Archives Genealogy Fair April 18 19, 2012 Washington, DC

[Eugenia]

I would recommend if you can not go, is to check out the Web site:
http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/know-your-records/genealogy-fair

Eighth Annual National Archives Genealogy Fair April 18  19, 2012
Washington, DC
http://www.archives.gov/dc-metro/know-your-records/genealogy-fair

Eighth Annual Genealogy Fair April 18  19, 2012 Branching Out:
Exploring Your Family Tree
WHAT:  National Archives eighth annual Genealogy Fair

This two-day program showcases the Federal records located at the
National Archives as resources for family history research.

The fair provides information and guidance for experienced genealogy
professionals and novices alike. The fair is free and open to the
public with no registration.
Sessions New, huge classroom tents!

Sessions include workshops on records relating to census, immigration,
land, naturalization, military, online resources, and more. See the
presenter's biographies.

See schedules:

Condensed schedule of session titles and presenters (revised March
29).
Full schedule of session titles, descriptions, and presenters.
Exhibitors Exhibitors include National Archives staff and guest
organizations who will demonstrate how to use Federal records and
other resources for genealogical research.

See the map for a listing of all exhibitors with links to their
respective websites.
WHEN:  Wednesday and Thursday, April 18  19, 2012

Opening Ceremony, April 18, at 9 a.m., in the Welcome Tent
Sessions  Exhibits, April 18 and 19, from 9:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m.
HOW:  Presented in partnership with the Foundation for the National
Archives and with support from Lead Sponsor Ancestry.com.

WHERE:  National Archives Building, 700 Pennsylvania Avenue, NW,
Washington, DC

This year the sessions and exhibits are outside and in tents on the
grounds of the National Archives Building.

Food trucks onsite.

Researchers may continue to use the building as usual. Please see
Information for Researchers at the National Archives Building in
Washington, DC.
The closest Metro stop is the Archives/Navy Memorial stop on the
Yellow and Green lines. The National Archives is fully accessible. To
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prior to our events.

For location details see our Visitor's Map of the Building

Background: The National Archives holds the permanently valuable
records of the Federal government. These include records of interest
to genealogists, such as pension files, census, and Freedmen’s Bureau
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[AZORES-Genealogy] Fortuna, Fortunato and Fortunatus

[Eugenia]

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings for
Fortuna, Fortunato and Fortunatus .  I hope the below information will
be useful to you.

Eugenia

Fortuna -

  Fortuna - Italy, Spain, Portugal, Azores, Brazil, California
Family name.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 203.

  Fortuna - a Spanish and Italian name.  In English  means: Fortune.
  Informaiton is from:
__, ORIGINS OF NAMES WITH MEANINGS AND TRANSLATIONS, privately
published 18 Rockrose Way, Irvine, CA 92612, Date printed 28 Feb.
1998, page 4 of 8. [Web-Site Address: 
http://members.aol.com/Nodoubtay/index15.html]

  Fortuna - is a given name commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 24.

  Fortuna - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

Fortunato -

  In Portuguese, Fortunato - In English, Fortunatus. - Portugal,
Brazil, California
Proper name.
  Information is from:
Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PROTUGUESE - INGLES, Editorial
Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343, Porto, Portugal, 1952,
page 893.

  Fortunato - is a given name commonly used in Portuguese and
Brazilian Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 24.

  Fortunato - is a family name of a early portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

Fortunatus -

  In Portuguese, Fortunato - In English, Fortunatus.
  Information is from:
Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PROTUGUESE - INGLES, Editorial
Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343, Porto, Portugal, 1952,
page 893.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: UPEC Membership Records Lookups

[Eugenia]

Thank you Kathy and Susan for inputting the UPEC Membership Records.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Updated Half Moon Bay CA History Book

[Eugenia]

Thanks for sharing this News Story on the History of Half Moon Bay, CA
on the Portuguese.  I read it in the news and thought it would be a
good book.

Eugenia

On Dec 29, 6:07 pm, \E\ Sharp bellema...@gmail.com wrote:
 Chapters in this 2011 printing touch on Half Moon Bay founders including
 the Ramos, Cunha, Bello, Miller, Gonzales, Miramontes, Brown, Hourcade and
 Nunes families.
 Read about it here:

 http://www.hmbreview.com/books/half-moon-bay-history-updated/article_...

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: First name Ruole

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Raul -

  In Portuguese, Raul - In English, Ralph.
Proper name.
  Information is from:
Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PROTUGUESE - INGLES, Editorial
Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343, Porto, Portugal, 1952,
page 895.

  Raul - This is a name commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
Given name.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 25.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Surnames:Medeiros, Bolota, Teotonio, Camelo

[Eugenia]

Greetings, I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings
and found the following for the these names: Camelo, Medeiros and
Teotonio.  I hope this information will help you in our genealogy
research.  Eugenia

Camelo -

Masculine name

The name has a armorial.

  Camelo is derive from Cunha.
Family name.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 190.

  Camelo - substantive masculine, camel (Camelus dromedarius ou C.
bactrianus); a stupid fellow.
  Information is from:
Júlio Albino Ferreira, Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PORTUGUES-
INGLES, Editorial Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343 -
Porto, Portugal, 1952, page 143.0,

  Camelo - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 26.

188.f Enlightenment:  The following are the diplomats who revised the
Portuguese system:
1. Luis da Cunha
2. Alexandre de Gusmao
3. Pombal, had been sent as an envoy to Vienna and London

  The town of Camelo, is in the province of Leiria, Portugal.
  Information is from:
SPAIN PORTUGAL, American Map Corporation, Maspeth, NY, 1996, page 188.


Medeiros -

Medeiros has an Armorial

  Medeiros, de Medeiros -
  Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES,  OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10

  Medeiros -
Family name.  Orgin: Azores.  Armorial: Yes.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 217.

  Medeiros - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and
Brazilian Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 27.

  Medeiros - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

Teotonio -

Masculine name.

  Teotonio -
Family name.  Origin: Azores.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 236.

  Teotônio - This is a name commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
Given name.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 26.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Searching for Leandro (Mello) surname

[Eugenia]

Hilda,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found
the following for LEANDRO AND MELLO.  I hope this information helps
you in your research.  Eugenia

Leandro -

Masculine name.

  Leandro - Leandro change to Leandres.
Family name.  Origin: Azores.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 211.

  In Portuguese, Leandro - In English, Leander.
Proper name.
  Information is from:
Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PROTUGUESE - INGLES, Editorial
Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343, Porto, Portugal, 1952,
page 894.

  Leandro - This is a given name commonly used in Portuguese and
Brazilian Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 24.

  Leandro - is a family name of a early portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.


Mello -

Masculine name.

  Mello -
  Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES,  OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10.

People in Portuguese History:
  Sebastiao Jose de Carvalho e Mello: King Jose I of Portugal
(1750-1777), married Maria Anna of Spain.  King Jose I, during whose
entire reign the governemnt of the country was in the hands of the:
Marquis de Pombal (Sebastiao Jose de Carvalho e Mello, who became
Marquis de Pombal only in 1770),
The most remarkable statesman of modern Portuguese history.  Pombal
was a ruthless and heartless dictator, but at the same time a man
affected bh the French philosophy of the enlightenment.  Pombal
devoted himself to breaking the power of the privileged nobility and
even more of the Church.  On the other hand, Pombal, reformed the
finances and the army, encouraged industry and trade (establishment of
trade companies with monopolistic powers), tried to revived
agriculture (silk-raising), and did much to develop primary and
technical education.
  Information is from the book:
William L. Langer, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY, Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1972, page 491.

  Mello - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 27.

  Mello - meaning: Melon.
  Information is from:
Portuguese Names and Their Meanings - Hawaii, AMERICAN PORTUGUESE
GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Spring 1997, Vol XVIII, No.
2.

  Melo (Mello) - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Gracia

[Eugenia]

Nancy,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found
the following on GRACIA:  I hope this helps with your research.
Eugenia

Grácia -

Feminine name.

  Grácia - This is a name commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
Given name.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 24.

  Gracia - Anglicized (English).  Garcia - Portuguese family name.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 272.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bem

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Lionel,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found
the following for BEM:

I hope this helps with your research.

Eugenia

Bem -

Has a Armorial

  Bem, de Bem -
  Information is from: Doug da Rocha Holmes, NAMING TRADITIONS,
SURNAME TYPES,  OProgresso, Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10

  Bem -
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 184.

  Bem - adv. well, right, much, very. / Muito b., very well / b. que,
although / nem b. nem mal, so so / b. pouco, very little / b. longe, a
good way off / ora b., well, now! / por-se de b. com alguém, to make
it up with somebody / estar de b. com alguém, to be on good terms with
one / b. se me dd, I don't care / ab. dizer, as it were / tudo correu
tao b. que nao podia ser melhor, it happened as well as could be.
  Bem - substantive masculine, good benefit, blessing, advantage,
happiness; object of esteem or love. / Levar a b., to approve, to take
it in good part / querer b., to wish well, to love / homem de b., an
honest man / meu b., my love, my sweet heart / desejar b. a alguém, to
wish one well / nem b. nem mal, to be like a chip in porridge.
  Information is from:
Júlio Albino Ferreira, Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PORTUGUES-
INGLES, Editorial Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343 -
Porto, Portugal, 1952, page 119.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Vila Franca do Campo - MAGRO surname

[Eugenia]

Eliseu,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found
the following on MAGRO:

I hope this helps with your research.  Eugenia

Magro -

  Magro -

Masculine name.

Family name.  Origin: Azores.  Armorial: Yes.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 215.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Ribeira Grande - AZEDO surname

[Eugenia]

Eliseu,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings for the
name: AZEDO and I found the following. I hope this helps with your
research.  Eugenia

Azedo -

Masculine name.

  Azedo - Is a Family name of a Azores Family.
  Information is from:
James H. Guill, PhD. AZORES ISLANDS A HISTORY, printed in AMERICAN
PORTUGUESE GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Vol. XVI, No. 3,
Fall 1995, page 50.

  Azedo - a. sour, tart, acid; harsh; rough.
  Information is from:
Júlio Albino Ferreira, Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PORTUGUES-
INGLES, Editorial Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343 -
Porto, Portugal, 1952, page 108.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Unfamiliar Surname

[Eugenia]

Jacki,

I found the following in my Portuguese Names and Their Meanings for
the name HOMEM.

I hope this helps in your research.

Eugenia

=

Homem -

There is Armorial for the name.

  Homem, Home -
Before 1474, two noblemen, Joao Vaz Corte Real and Alvaro Martins
Homem, reached Greenland or Newfoundland which they called Codfish
Land (Terra dos Baclhaus).  Others had followed by the 1480s.  One of
them was Fernao Dulm, tried to find the Island of the Seven Cities.
  Information is from the book:
A.H. De Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, 1972, page 221.

  In Portuguese and Holmes in American as surnames
  Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES,  OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10.

  Homem, means Man.
  Information is from the Newsletter:
Joe Souza, O PROGRESSO, Vol. 15, No. 1, March 1996,  NAMING TRADITIONS
(PART III), by Doug Da Rocha Holmes, page 9

  Homem - change to Forjaz.
  Homem - Derive from Pereira.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 203, 209.

  Homem - This is a and surname commonly used in Portuguese and
Brazilian Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 27.

  Homem - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

  Holmes - Anglicized (English).  Homem - Portuguese family name.
  Homen - Anglicized (English).  Homem - Portuguese family name.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 272.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Azores to Brazil

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Greetings,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings, and did
not find - Serequi - surname.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: St. Joseph Cemetery in Hayward, CA

[Eugenia]

I have relatives that are buried at Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery.
Below is additional information about the cemetery that I think some
of the information will be use for to you.
Eugenia

Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery
Web site: http://www.findagrave.com/cgi-bin/fg.cgi?page=crCRid=7835
This web site has photos.
Also known as: All Saints Cemetery, Portuguese Cemetery
1000 block of Walpert Street
Hayward
Alameda County
California  USA
Postal Code: 94541
http://www.myallsaints.org

Cemetery notes and/or description:
Owned and operated by:
All Saints Catholic Church
22824 Second Street
Hayward, CA 94541
(510) 581-2570
off...@myallsaints.org

MOUNT ST. JOSEPH CEMETERY, ALAMEDA CO., CA
Walpert Street
Hayward, CA

Founded 1875. The following list of names, dates, and text is compiled
from the visible grave markers on and around Mount St. Joseph
Cemetery.

Many of the markers are in Portuguese, every effort has been made to
accurately transcribe the information and preserve the spelling as
contained on the original marker.

List of graves:
Web Site: http://files.usgwarchives.net/ca/alameda/cemeteries/mtstjoseph.txt

Also

Mount Saint Joseph Cemetery
(aka All Saints Cemetery)
Walpert St. (at Marchand Court)
Hayward, CA
37 40 03 N
122 04 31 W
http://www.sfgenealogy.com/alameda/alcemetery.htm#mountsaintjoseph



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[AZORES-Genealogy] Galante Name

[Eugenia]

For some reason when I hit the posting for Galante post
the web site gave me the posting for Alexander.

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings for GALANTE
and found the following.  I hope this helps in the genealogy research.

Eugenia



Galante -

  Galante -
Family name.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 205.

  Galante - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

  Gallant - Anglicized (English).  Galante - Portuguese family name.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 272.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Cabral name

[Eugenia]

I notice an interest in the CABRAL name and check my database on
Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found the following:  I hope
this help in the genealogy research.  Eugenia

Cabral -

Armorial: yes.

  Cabral - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 26.

People in Portuguese History:
  Secretary of Justice, Costa Cabral (a former radical) (1839).
  Prime Minister, Costa Cabral government 1842-1846; 1849-1851.
  Count of Tomar, Costa Cabral (1849).
Administrative Code of 1842.
  Costa Cabral, Secretary of Portugal, in education eliminated
scientific studies form the lycée program.  He limited the teaching
languages to the cities (1844).
  Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 7, 8, 17, 31, 49, 66.

People in Portuguese History:
  Pedro Alvares Cabral: Manoel I King of Portugal (1495-1521).
Married 1st. Isabella, daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of Spain.,
His 2nd marriage to Maria daughter of Ferdinand and Isabella of
Spain.  King Manoel I was the great, the fortunate, bother-in-law of
Joao II (John).  King Manoel I reign and that of his successor mark
the apogee of Portuguese power and empire.  Following the great
discoveries (Vasco de Gama's voyage to India, 1497-1498;
Pedro Alvares Cabral's discovery of Brazil, 1500;
Magellan's circumnavigation of the globe, 1519-1522)
The new Portuguese empire was at first ruled by men of exceptional
ability and courage (Francisco de Almeida, first viceroy of the
Indies, 1505;
Afonso de Albuquerque, viceroy, 1507-1511)
and brought in large returns.
Lisbon, very soon displaced Venice, Italy, as the entrepot for Asiatic
goods, and became a center of wealth and luxury.
Colonial rade was a royal monopoly, and the court became a mecca for
concession seekers.  The old agrarian system became undermined by the
introduction of black slavery, while the aristocracy to a certain
extent abandoned itself to imperial war, to corruption at home and to
exploitation abroad.  In short, the 16 century, outwardly brilliant
was already the beginning of decadence.
  Information is from the book:
William L. Langer, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY, Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1972, page 385, 418.

Portuguese Explorer:
  In 21 Apr. 1500 the Portuguese commander Pedro Cabral sailing to
India with 13 caravels and accompanied by such distinguished captains
as Dias and Duarte Pacheco, landed in Brazil, coming from Cape Verde
Islands.  The party stayed only about 10 days, but took official
possession of the country which Cabral named Tierra de Vera Cruz.  The
idea of Cabral having been the first to discover Brazil, like the idea
that his landing there was accidental, has now been given up by some
scholars, but the question remains open.
  Information is from the book:
William L. Langer, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY, Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1972, page 390

Portuguese Explorer:
  An expedition commanded by Pedro Alvares Cabral, a nobleman, it
departed from Lisbon, Portugal in March 1500.  He reach Brazil 22
April 1500.
  Information is from the book:
A.H. De Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, 1972, page 226.

Cabral -
A family name in the Azores.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 189.

Portuguese Explorer:
  Pedro Alvarez Cabral, (Portuguese) Explores Coast of Brazil which he
names Santa Cruz, in 1501.
  Information is from:
NEW ERA ATLAS OF THE WORLD, C.S. Hammond and Company, Inc., New York,
1940, page 157.

Portuguese Explorer:
  Pedro Alvares Cabral (Portugal) Discovered or visited coast of
Brazil on voyage to India in 1500.
  Information is from:
WORLD ATLAS, Rand McNally  Company, New York, 1956, page 159.

  Cabral - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 268.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How do you spell Alexander in Portuguese

[Eugenia]

E, I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings for the
name ALEXANDER and found the following.  I hope this information help
in your genealogy.

Eugenia

Alexander -

English, Anglicized name

  In Portuguese, Alexandre - In English, Alexander.
Proper name.
  Information is from:
Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PROTUGUESE - INGLES, Editorial
Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343, Porto, Portugal, 1952,
page 891.

  In Portuguese, Alexandre - In English, Alexander.
Proper name.
  Information is from:
Jura Oliveira, Ph.D., PORTUGUESE DICTIONARY, Crown Publishers, Inc.,
New York, 1993, page 223.

  Alexander - Anglicized (English) family name.  Alexandre -
Portuguese family name.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 271.

  Alexander - (masculine) English, Dutch, German, and Hebrew: from the
Latin form of the Greek name Alexandros, which is composed of the
elements alexein to defend + aner man, warrior (genitive andros).  The
compound was probably coined originally as a title of the goddess
Hera, consort of Zeus.  its was also as a byname by the Trojan prince
Paris.  The name became extremely popular in the post-classical
period, and was borne by several characters in the New Testament and
some early Christian saints.  Its use as a common given name
throughout Europe, however, derives largely from the fame of Alexander
the Great, King of Macedon (356-23 BC), around whom a large body of
popular legend grew up in late antiquity, much of which came to be
embodied in the medieval 'Alexander romances'.  It also became a
popular Hebrew name under Alexander the Great's benign rule of
Palestine.
Cognates:
Scottish Gaelic: Alasdair (Anglicized) as Alistair).
Irish Gaelic: Alastar.
French: Alexandre.
Italian: Alessandro.
Spanish: Alejandro.
Catalan: Aleixandre.
Portuguese: Alexandre.
Romanian: Aleandru.
Russian: Aleksandr.
Ukrainian: Oleksander.
Polish: Aleksander.
Chzech: Alexandr
Hungarian: Sándor.
Yiddish: Sender.
Short forms: English: Alex, Alec, Alick.
Italian: Sandro.
Pet forms: English, Scottish: Sandy (Gaelic Sandaidh).
Scottish: Sawney.
Russian: Sasha, Sanya, Shura.
Polish: Oles, Olech, Olek.
Czech: Olexa.
  Alex - (masculine, feminine) English: short form of Alexander,
Alexandra, or Alexis; also commonly used as a given name in its own
right.  It is now also sometimes used in France and Germany.
Variant: English: Alix (feminine)
Short form: English: Lex.
  Information is from:
Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES, Oxford
University Press, New York, 1995, page 9.


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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Ribeira Seca Sao Jorge--grinding flour

[Eugenia]

Mary,

I have relatives that lived in Santa Barbara, Pico and they had a
grinding flour using a stone turned by an ox.  The orginial settlers
that came to the Azores brought with them the grinding four wheel.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Rocha name

[Eugenia]

Greetings,

I notice an interest in the name ROCHA and found the following in my
database of Portuguese Names and Their Meanings.  I hope this helps in
the research.  Eugenia

Rocha -

Feminine name

  Rocha, da Rocha, Roxa:
  Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES,  OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 9, 10

  Rocha as a surname comes from Terceira
  Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 3.

  Rocha - Derive from De Roches.  Family origin, England.
Family name.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 231.

  Rocha - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 27.

   Rocha - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
   Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 270.

  Rocha - meaning: Rock.
  Information is from:
Portuguese Names and Their Meanings - Hawaii, AMERICAN PORTUGUESE
GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Spring 1997, Vol XVIII, No.
2.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Silva Name

[Eugenia]

Greetings:

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found
the following for SILVA.  I hope this helps in your research.  The
name is found in many places and in many families.

Eugenia



Silva -

Abbreviation: Sil

Silva is a feminine name.

  Portuguese Name's abbreviation of da Silva, is Sil.
(o) A letter is bracket ( ) it means that the letter is written very
small and higher up beside the other letters in the original documents
(same as the o in the degree Celcius).
  Information is from:
The internet, Title: centeremPortuguese Genealogy abbreviations
Helper./head Web page: 
http://www.frenet.edmonton.ab.ca/%7Efcandido/abbreviation.html,
date printed: 11/29/97, page 3 of 3.

Silva, da Silva, Sylva: Silva in Portuguese, Silver in American as
surnames
  Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES, OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10.

  Silva - surname common in Prainha do Norte; Madalena, Pico; Faial
  Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 3.

Silva - change to Cunha.
A family name in the Azores.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 198.
'
Silva -
Silva - Change from Teles.
Alfredo Silva Sampaio (1862-1929) owned a private Botanical Garden
(Azorean Flora).
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 32, 235, 236.

Silva - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 27.

Silva - is a family name of an early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 270.

  Silva - meaning: Whistle, shrill sound.
  Information is from:
Portuguese Names and Their Meanings - Hawaii, AMERICAN PORTUGUESE
GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Spring 1997, Vol. XVIII,
No. 2.

People in Portuguese History:
  Silva - The enlightened period of Portuguese history under Jose
after 1755.  The chief architect was the Marquis do Pombal.
His successors were secretaries of state in the reigns of Maria and
John, such as:
1. Jose de Seabra da Silva (Secretary of Interior, 1788-1799)
2. The Count of Linhares, Rodrigo de Sousa Coutinho (Secretary of the
Navy, 1795-1803; Secretary of Foreign Affairs and War, 1807-1812)
  Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol. 1, 1972, page 406.

Portuguese Poets:
  1. Bocage (1765-1805), a pre-romantic who lived a miserable life and
died in poverty;
  2. Filinto Elisio (1734-1819), who died in exile in France;
  3. Cruz e Silva (1731-1799);
  4. Correia Garcao (1724-1772).
All of these people were poets and all of bourgeois origin.
  Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol. 1, 1972, page 412.

1820 – The great names of the revolution, were the following:
Fernandes Tomás,
Ferreira Borges, and
Silva Carvalho
All jurist and bureaucrats who together took over the
secretariates of interior (Reino) and
finance (Fazenda).
  Information is from the book:
A.H. De Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, 1972, Vol. 2, page 55.

Portuguese Writers:
  1. Alexandre Herculano;
  2. Rebelo da Silva (1822-1871);
  3. Andrade Corvo (1824-1890); and
  4. Arnaldo Gama (1828-1869).
  Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol. 2, 1972, page 38.

People in Portuguese History:
  Governor Celestino da Silva, ruled Timor for fourteen years
(1894-1908), achieved full conquest of the Portuguese part of the
island.
  Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 118.

Portuguese in the Arts:
  1. Soares dos Reis (1847-1889), a sculptor;
  2. Silva Porto (1850-1893), a painter;
  3. José Malhoa (1854-1933), a painter; and
  4. Columbano Bordalo Pinheiro (1857-1929), a painter.
   Information is from the book:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, Vol. 2, 1972, page 41.

Portuguese Explorers:
  In 1840s and 1850s the settler Silva Porto (1817-1890) explored the
present day Angola and Zambia.  He lived in central Angola.  Silva,
traveled to Barotseland where he met Livingstone.  Silva traveled
Kafue River in Central Zambia (1853).  Silva Porto’s merits as an
explorer and defender of the Portuguese sovereignty in central Angola
were rewarded with the office of Captain-Major of Bié.  Information is
from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 78

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Restaurant name

[Eugenia]

Donna,

I do not know of any Portuguese restaurant in Watsonville.
On the Coast there is a one in Pescadero.

Duarte's Tavern
202 Stage Road
Pescadero CA 94060
650-879-0464
http://duartestavern.com

I hope this is what you are looking for.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Faustino Neto Marriage 1887 Oakland, CA

[Eugenia]

David,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meaning and found
the following for FAUSTINO.  I hope this information helps you.

Eugenia

Faustino -

Faustino is a masculine name.

  Faustino -
Family name.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 202.

  Faustino - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

  Foster - Anglicized (English).  Faustino - Portuguese family name.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 272.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: California Assembly Bill 130 about genealogical records

[Eugenia]

Cheri,

Thanks for posting about California Assembly Bill 130 about
genealogical records.  I hope many of you will send an email to the
governor not to cover up the wifes maidan names.  If this Bill 130
passes it may happen also in other states.

People please write.

Eugenia Paine Rapasky

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Lucille in Portuguese

[Eugenia]

Sam,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings for the
name LUCILLE and did not fine it.  But I did find LUCILA.  See below.
I hope this might help with your research.

Eugenia

=

Lucila -

Feminine

  Lucila - This is a name commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
Given name.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 24.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: JANEIRO people

[Eugenia]

Eliseu,

I have check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and
found the following for the names: FREGUESIA and JANEIRO.  I hope this
help you in your research.

Eugenia



Freguesia -

Feminine name

  Portuguese Name's abbreviation of Freguesia, is Freg(a).
(o) A letter is bracket ( ) it means that the letter is written very
small and higher up beside the other letters in the original documents
(same as the o in the degree Celsius).
  Information is from:
The internet, Title: centeremPortuguese Genealogy abbreviations
Helper./head Web page: 
http://www.frenet.edmonton.ab.ca/%7Efcandido/abbreviation.html,
date printed: 11/29/97, page 1 of 3.

Janeiro -

Masculine name

  Portuguese Name's abbreviation of Janeiro, is Jan(o) and/or Jan(ro).
(o) A letter is bracket ( ) it means that the letter is written very
small and higher up beside the other letters in the original documents
(same as the o in the degree Celsius).
  Information is from:
The internet, Title: centeremPortuguese Genealogy abbreviations
Helper./head Web page: 
http://www.frenet.edmonton.ab.ca/%7Efcandido/abbreviation.html,
date printed: 11/29/97, page 2 of 3.

  Janeiro -
Family name.  Origin: Azores.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 209.

  Janeiro - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bulcão

[Eugenia]

Carlos,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found
the following for Bulcao.  I hope this helps with your research.

Eugenia

Bulcao -

Masculine name

  Bulcao is derive from Bulscamp.
Family name.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 188.

  Bulcao - substantive masculine, thick fog; black cloud.
  Information is from:
Júlio Albino Ferreira, Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PORTUGUES-
INGLES, Editorial Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343 -
Porto, Portugal, 1952, page 41, 134.

  Bulcao - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 268.



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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: SENGO and PIQUES surnames!!!!

[Eugenia]

Eliseu,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings on Piques
and found the following.  I hope this helps in your research.

Eugenia

Piques -

  Piques -
Family name.  Family origin: Flanders.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 226.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: PACHECO surname

[Eugenia]

Lou,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found
the following for the name PACHECO.  I hope this information helps you
in your genealogy research.

Eugenia

==

Pacheco -

Has a Armorial

It is a masculine name

  Pacheco, Pachequo, Paxeco:
  Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES,  OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10

  In 1498 King Joao of Portugal sent out the famous captain explorer
and scientist Duarte Pacheco Pereira, to investigate the lands in the
west.
Duarte's account (written in 1505 but published only in 1892)
indicates that he may have reached the So American coast.  He speaks
of a vast continent extending from 70 NL to 28 SL.
  Information is from the book:
William L. Langer, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY, Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1972, page 390

  In 21 Apr. 1500 the Portuguese commander Pedro Cabral sailing to
India with 13 caravels and accompanied by such distinguished catains
as Dias and Duarte Pacheco, landed in Brazil, coming from Cape Verde
Islands.  The party stayed only about 10 days, but took official
possession of the country which Cabral named Tierra de Vera Cruz.  The
idea of Cabral having been the first to discover Brazil, like the idea
that his landing there was accidental, has now been given up by some
scholars, but the question remains open.
  Information is from the book:
William L. Langer, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY, Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1972, page 390

  Azambujal is a Family name of a Azores Family.  The name derivation:
Pacheco.
  Information is from:
James H. Guill, PhD. AZORES ISLANDS A HISTORY, printed in AMERICAN
PORTUGUESE GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Vol. XVI, No. 3,
Fall 1995, page 50

  Pacheco, change to Azambuial.
Family name.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 181, 223.

  Pacheco - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and
Brazilian Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 27.

  Pacheco - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Abbreviations - how far do we go?

[Eugenia]

Cheri,

I do not abbreviate.  Because, if I do and later someone reads what I
wrote may not interrupt the word(s) the same way I intended.
Therefore, I spell out all the words.  I even sometimes changed other
people's abbreviated words to the full spelling of the word.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Property on the Azores Islands

[Eugenia]

I agree with everyone's comment.

I have a cousin, that asked me to research her Grandmother's land in
Pico.  Her Grandmother died over 7 years ago.  At the time when her
grandmother died my cousin got a lawyer to look into the property and
was told that the property was worthless.

When she asked me to look into the property a few years ago.  The
people named on the Title or to take care of the property were all
dead.  I asked a surviving sister of the brother who was one of them
to take care of property about the property.  She is old and could not
remember.

It is important to put everything in WRITING.  And have in WRITING A
contingent, when the person named is dead what happen to the property
etc.

Do not assume that the land or money is going to be there waiting for
you to claim it.

I have a question??
I thought a few years ago that land that was abandon for a certain
amount of time that the Portuguese Government took the land and gave
it or sold it.  Is this true?

Eugenia
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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Bennett surname--and interesting story

[Eugenia]

Mary,

It is possible the surname BENNETT is apart of BETTENCOURT.  Need to
show the surname from father BETTENCOURT to son BENNETT.

I hope the following information helps with your research.

Eugenia

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings on
BETTENCOURT and found the following:

Bettencourt -

The name has a Armorial.

  Bettencourt - Change to Perdomo.  Family name, origin, France.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Tulare, CA., Vol. 5, 1993, page 225.

  History of the Bettencourt Family:
In the battle of Agincourt, the English side lost about 100 men; the
French lsot at least 7,000.  Among the numerous French dead lay nearly
the entire family of Bettencourt.
  The home, estate and manor of the Bethencourt family, in Picardy,
France, in the region of Caux, not far from the site of the battle of
Agincourt.  The Family served as councillors to the King, bailiff of
Amiens (Arms), and held other positions.
  Jean de Bethencourt (1360-1425), accompanied by two of his nephews,
Henri and Maciot, and entered the service of Enrique III of Castille.
Basing his claims on a papal grant of the Canary Islands to a
Castillian Prince, Luiz de la Cerda, King Enrique had commissioned
Bethencourt to conquer the inhabited islands and to govern them in the
name of Castille.
  By 1402 Jean de Bethencourt, controlled the Canary Islands.  He
brought French families with him.  He died at Grainville la
Teinturière, France.
  Henry of Portugal, purchased the island of Lançarote from Maciot
Bethencourt. Henry of Portugal, gave Maciot Bethencourt, property on
the island of Madeira.  Macoit Bethencourt, moved to Madeira, where he
found the Portuguese Bettencourt lineage.  Some of the Bettencourt
family settle in the Azores.
  Henri Bethencourt, came to the Azores as the Avila Bettencourt
family.  Some of the family uses the name Avila.
  Archipelago of Madeira, Heads of Families: 1420-1450 shows the
following Bettencourts:
  Gaspar de Bettencourt
  Henrique de Bettencourt
  Maciót de Bettencourt
  Bettencourt - Carlos Bettencourt Leça Faria, Director of the Mulemba
Observatory near Luanda, Angola.  Director Faria, was the first to
detect the existence on orbit of the world's first man-made satellite,
Sputnik I.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Tulare, CA., Vol. 5, 1993, page 34-35, 113-116, 134.

  Bettencourt (Bettencut) - is a family name of a early Portuguese
immigrant in California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 268

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Family Stories

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Cheri,

You are luck to be able to ask you father these questions.  Write them
down for your Great Grand Child and family.  My best are the video
tapes I have of having my cousins looking at old picture books and
telling us their stories.  I wish I had done more of these.  Next time
take your video camera with you and open one of your father's oldest
photos books and video tape him as he tells you about the photos.  Try
to do this in a quiet room with you and him.  background noise and
conversation from people interfers is this wonderful video.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: I've become a Vavo

[Eugenia]

Linda,

Sorry for the loss of your father.  I too lost my parents, my mother
in 2002 and my father in 2006 and I miss them.  They are with you in
spirit, in the pages of your genealogy that you share with your
family.

God Bless your Grandson and may he have a wonderful life.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: The book, AZores, Nine Islands, One History

[Eugenia]

Celeste,

I have to add my opinion to this discussion.

I agree what has been said.  When I interview my relatives that came
to America the common answer they give is, they came to America for a
better life.  Where they were living in Sao Jorge and Pico in the
early 1900s was every poor conditions.  The relatives that came to
America in the 1970 came for the same reason and for their children so
they could have a better future.  They all heard about America being a
better place to live for themselves and their children.

When I did the history of my father's family that came from Norfolk,
England in 1638.  They came to New England, because they could own
land.  In England at the time, the people could not own land in their
name.  Only the King.

Myself an older person, may have to move from California to Oregon,
because the cost of living is cheaper than in California.

I have been watching my families move.  When they first came to
America, they first settle in the late 1890s in West Oakland,
California.  Than each family moved to Hayward and Moraga, and than
each generation after moved further East to Tracy and Gustine and than
South along highway 99 to, Modesto, Turlock, Merced and now the
futurist South is living in Fresno.  They came to America as Dairymen
and Farmers.  The newer generation has graduated from College and is
working with their brains instead of with their hands.  The motivation
that moves them is where they can find work and be able to purchase a
house.

The reason to move seems to be the same in each generation for better
opportunities for themselves and their families.  It is wonderful to
be witness to our families that have grown and succeeded in what they
wanted to find in America.  When I have put on a family reunion and we
start with a memorial pray and a pray of thank you to the first
relatives that came to America.  Because we are enjoying the fruits of
their labor of the generation that first came to America.

This is my opinion to why did our relatives came to America.  They
left behind the old country, their homes, jobs and families with hope
and dream of a better life.

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Translation Help Needed

[Eugenia]

Charlene,

I use http://babelfish.yahoo.com
to write letters in Portuguese to family, friends and for
information.

Some people tell me it average translation from English to
Portuguese.  I have not received any complaints when I have used this
web site.

http://babelfish.yahoo.com

Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: NETTO Surname

[Eugenia]

David and group,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meaning and found
the following on the name Neto and Netto.

I hope this helps

Eugenia

Netto -

  Neto (Netto) - is a family name of an early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Portuguese surname Pavo, Piva, Paiva, and Pavao

[Eugenia]

Greetings and to Vivian (Silva) Christy:

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found
the following for Piva, Paiva, and Pavao

But I did not show Pavo

I hope this helps in your research.

Eugenia



Piva -

  Piva - meaning: Pin Tooth.
  Information is from:
Portuguese Names and Their Meanings - Hawaii, AMERICAN PORTUGUESE
GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Spring 1997, Vol XVIII, No.
2.



Paiva

Has an armorial

Paiva -

  Paiva - In 1487 Pedro de Covilha and Afonso de Paiva were sent out
by way of Cairo and Aden.
Covilha reach India and on his return followed the east coast of
Africa as far south as the mouth of Zambezi.
  Information is from the book:
William L. Langer, AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF WORLD HISTORY, Houghton Mifflin
Company, 1972, page 385.

  King Joao II of Portugal dispatch two emissaries to reach Ethiopia
(The Kingdom of Prester John) by land.  Disguised as merchants, Pero
da Covilha and Afonso de Paiva left Lisbon in May 1487.  Pero da
Covilha reached Ethiopia and d. 1526
  Information is from the book:
A.H. De Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, 1972, page 220-221.

Portuguese Explorer:
  Arthur de Paiva (1858-1900): main expeditions reach Canconda (1883),
the Cubango River (1888), Bié (1890), the Cunene area (1892), and
Humbe (1897) were instrumental in achieving Portuguese sovereignty
over most of Angola, Africa.
  Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 116.

People in Portuguese History:
  1890s, the Lisbon government sent reinforcements to Africa, under
the second-in-command of Colonel Freire de Andrade and Paiva Couceiro.
  Information is from:
A.H. de Oliveira Marques, HISTORY OF PORTUGAL, Columbia University
Press, NY, Vol. 2, 1972, page 117.

  Paiva - Change to Romeu.
  Paiva - Change to Taveira.
Family names.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 223, 231, 236.

  Paiva - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 27.

  Paiva - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

  The town of Castelo de Paiva, is in the province of Porto, Portugal.
  The town of Covelo de Paiva, is in the porvince of Viséu, Portugal.
  Information is from:
SPAIN PORTUGAL, American Map Corporation, Maspeth, NY, 1996, page



Pavao

Has an armorial

Pavao -

  Pavao - Derive from Pato.
  Pavao - Change to Pato.
Family name.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 224.

  Peacock - Anglicized (English).  Pavao - Portuguese family name.
  Information is from:
David Wallechinsky and Irving Wallace, THE PEOPLE'S ALMANAC #2,
William Morrow and Co., Inc., NY, page 133.

  Pavao - meaning: Peacock.
  Information is from:
Portuguese Names and Their Meanings - Hawaii, AMERICAN PORTUGUESE
GENEALOGICAL AND HISTORICAL SOCIETY, INC., Spring 1997, Vol XVIII, No.
2.

  Pavao - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 269.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Merry Christmas

[Eugenia]

Merry Christmas to you and your family.
May God Bless you.
Eugenia

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: The Portuguese contribution to our modern civilization - Portuguese history 1415 -1808

[Eugenia]

Anthony,

Thank you for letting the Azores group know about this book.

Have you read the book and what did you think of it?

Eugenia

On Nov 11, 11:06 am, Anthony J. Moniz [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Just found an article about Portuguese history book that may be
 interesting reading  ,

 The Portuguese Empire, 1415-1808:
 A World on the Move
 By A. J. R. Russell-Wood
 Published by JHU Press, 1998
 ISBN 0801859557, 9780801859557
 289 pages

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Victorino

[Eugenia]

Greetings,

I check my database on Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found
VITORINO and VICTORINO.  Thought the information maybe of interest to
you.

Eugenia

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Vitorino -

  Vitorino - Derive from Victorino.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 242.

  In Portuguese, Vitorino - In English, Victorine.
  Information is from:
Dr. Armando de Morais, DICIONARIO PROTUGUESE - INGLES, Editorial
Domingos Barreira, Rua Oliveira Monteiro, 343, Porto, Portugal, 1952,
page 896.

  Vitorino - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and
Brazilian Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 28.

Victorino -

  Victorino - Change to Vitorino.
Family name.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 242.

  Victorino - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 270.


On Oct 19, 5:29 pm, robin meigs [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 Hi I also have Victorino Machado fron Sao Jorge , village unknown , he would 
 be my great great grandpa he came to calif and settled in Half moon bay calif 
 (san mateo county), he changed his name to MARSH , his son George Marsh is my 
 great grandpa which i met in the 60's his son Henry Frances Marsh is my 
 grandpa and my mom is Sandra , They are all  passed away now , I do have a 
 few aunties and lots of cousin in the Half moon bay area.
 sure wish i asked more questions then , i do know George married MARY 
 PIMINTELL (spellled different then most , she died after 1926 but before 1930 
 , wished i had more info before her.but maybe someday .. every once in a 
 while i find a link.. i'm full blooded so i have so much puzzle pieces to 
 work with ..
 -
 GOOD DAY TO ALL
 ROBIN  DE PONTE

 From: LIONEL J HOLMES [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Victorino
 To: Azores@googlegroups.com
 Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 11:59 AM

 There are a number of surnamed Vitorino, Victorino, Victorine in the 
 Sacramento CA area, as my funeral-notice files show.  Let me know if you'd 
 like to see them.
  
 Lionel

 --- On Mon, 10/13/08, [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:

 From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Victorino
 To: Azores@googlegroups.com
 Date: Monday, October 13, 2008, 9:23 AM

 The Victorino name is also of interest in my father's family. It first 
 appeared as the middle name of my great grandfather Francisco Victorino de 
 Vasconcellos, born in Fazenda das Lages, Flores in 1798, son of Francisco 
 Ignacio de Vasconcellos. He was the only one of 8 siblings to carry 
 Victorino  ( nowadays spelled Vitorino) as a middle name. Most of his 
 descendants (male and female) carried it as a middle name including part of 
 my generation. Back in the Azores it almost became an alcunha. My first 
 cousin Father Francisco Vitorino Vasconcelos (now deceased) and former pastor 
 of Nossa Senhora da Conceicao in Santa Cruz, Flores was familiarly known as 
 Padre Vitorino by his parishiners. The family is sometimes refered to as 
 Os Vitorinos back on Flores. Some of my first cousins back on Flores have 
 Vitorino as a middle name. However, I don't know offhand of any of the next 
 generation which have Vitorino as a middle name. And, as far as i know, it
  was never used as a surname.
 John James Vasconcelos, son of Joao Vitorino Vasconcelos

 -Original Message-
 From: nancy jean baptiste [EMAIL PROTECTED]
 To: azores@googlegroups.com
 Sent: Mon, 13 Oct 2008 8:22 am
 Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: The Mystery Deepens--Manuel Azevedo

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 Victorina is a name I'm also interested in because my ggrandfather Joseph 
 Veterino was really Jose Victorino Bitencourt from Sao Jorge..I've been 
 researching the Baptisms recently posted for Topo and I've found lots and 
 lots of the name Victorino and Victorina.frequently the name is connected 
 to Oliveiras and Bitencourt (which I've seen spelled several different 
 ways)in some instances the Victorino name appears to be the surname and 
 in others is a middle or first name
 The most interesting thing is how certain names are clustered in certain 
 areas with Machado being the most frequent name on Sao Jorge in all the 
 different areas on line to research.
  
 I love the mystery

[AZORES-Genealogy] Carmo surname

[Eugenia]

Greetings,

Notice an interest in the Carmo surname.  Check my database on
Portuguese Names and Their Meanings and found the following.

Eugenia

Carmo -

  Carmo, do Carmo of Madeira, Portugal
  Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, NAMING TRADITIONS, SURNAME TYPES,  OProgresso,
Dece. 1995, Vol. 14, No. 4, page 10.

  Carmo -
Family name.  Origin: Azores.
  Information is from the book:
James H. Guill, A HISTORY OF THE AZORES ISLANDS, Golden Shield
International, Vol. 5, 1993, page 192.

  Carmo - This is a given name and surname commonly used in Portuguese
and Brazilian Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 23 and 26.

  Carmo - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 268.

  The town of Carmo, is in the province of Évora, Portugal.
  Information is from:
SPAIN PORTUGAL, American Map Corporation, Maspeth, NY, 1996, page 190.

  Carmel - feminine, English: of early Christian origin, referring to
'Our Lady of Carmel', a title of the Virgin Mary.  Carmel is tne name
(meaning 'garden' or 'orchard' in Hebrew) of a mountain in the Holy
Land near modern Haifa, which was populated from very early Christian
times by hermits.  They were later organized into the Carmelite order
of monks.  The name is favoured mainly by Roman Catholics.
Cognates:
Portuguese: Carmo.
Spanish: Carmen; Carmela (also S. Italian and Sicilian).
Pet forms:
Spanish: Carmencita, Carmelita; Menchu.
Masculine forms:
Spanish: Carmelo.
Italian: Carmine.
  Information is from:
Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES, Oxford
University Press, New York, 1995, page 55.

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[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Braz vs Valladao

[Eugenia]

Greetings,
I looked up BRAZ and VALLADAO and found them in my database of
Portuguese Names and Their Meanings.  Hope if is useful to you.

Eugenia

Braz -

  Braz - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and Brazilian
Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 26.

  Braz - is a family name of a early Portuguese immigrant in
California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 268.

  Braz - is both a given name (first name) and a surname.  Used as a
surname as to honor ancestor.
  Information is from:
Doug da Rocha Holmes, SURNAME ORGINS, 1995, page 3.

  Bras - masculine, Portuguese form of Blaise.
Variant:
Braz.
  Information is from:
Patrick Hanks and Flavia Hodges, A DICTIONARY OF FIRST NAMES, Oxford
University Press, New York, 1995, page 47.

Valladao -

  Valladao - This is a surname commonly used in Portuguese and
Brazilian Portuguese.
  Information is from:
BASIC PORTUGUESE PALEOGRAPHY, The Genealogical Department of the
Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, Series II, No., 20, 1978,
page 28.

  Valadao (Valladao) - is a family name of a early Portuguese
immigrant in California.
  Information is from:
Carlos Almeida, PORTUGUESE IMMIGRANTS, Published by: The Supreme
Council of U.P.E.C., San Leandro, CA,1978, page 270.



On Oct 19, 6:32 pm, Family History [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote:
 You members of the list have been so helpful that I thought I would pose
 this question to you. On the attached record the grooms name shows as Braz
 Valladao. My question is, in the United States, my family dropped the
 Valladao and went by Braz. It was said that the Braz was adopted from
 another family, while the family name was always noted to be Valladao on the
 Islands, not Braz.
 Is Braz a surname or a given name in the Azores?

 Is there anyone else researching these names?

 Thanks

 Charlene

  BrazValladao.jpg
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[AZORES-Genealogy] Azores Island Colors

[Eugenia]

Greetings:

I have question about the Azores, I am across a statement that Sao
Miguel is the Green Island.

What are the colors of?
Corvo Island
Faial Island
Flores Island
Graciosa Island
Pico Island
Santa Maria Island
São Jorge Island
São Miguel Island  - Green Island
Terceira Island

Thank you for your help.

Eugenia

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