[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname

2009-01-17 Thread Vivian Christy
Hello All,   I have a relative who's name I wrote down as:  Mary Pavo.  I spelled it the way it sounded but now I am trying to find it in the records and am not sure if the spelling is correct.  Can someone tell me if this is the correct spelling for that name?  Thank you and any help is appreci

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname

2009-01-17 Thread LIONEL J HOLMES
It's probably PAVAO. --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Vivian Christy wrote: > From: Vivian Christy > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname > To: "Azores Genealogy" > Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 7:18 PM > Hello All, >   > I have a

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname

2009-01-17 Thread Guida Leicester
Paiva maybe? --- On Sat, 1/17/09, Vivian Christy wrote: From: Vivian Christy Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname To: "Azores Genealogy" Date: Saturday, January 17, 2009, 8:18 PM Hello All,   I have a relative who's name I wrote down as:  Mary P

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname

2009-01-17 Thread Jason Fraga
My Pavao family was known as Piva, Paiva, and Pavao here in the US. _ From: Guida Leicester [mailto:chandler...@yahoo.com] Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 10:33 PM To: Azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname Paiva maybe

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname

2009-01-18 Thread Marralha
In a message dated 1/18/2009 12:21:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, jay_fr...@applimetrix.com writes: > My Pavao family was known as Piva, Paiva, and Pavao here in the US. > > > I would say that if the name was pronounced in English like PAY-VOH, then it would be PAVÃO in Portuguese, pronounced

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname

2009-01-18 Thread Vivian Christy
on her to match the Frank Silva's I found. So I will go back and try all the different names.  Thank you all for all your help.  Vivian --- On Sun, 1/18/09, marra...@cs.com wrote: From: marra...@cs.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname To: Azores@googlegroup

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname

2009-01-18 Thread jojo8765
Pavao. Joanne Souza in Fall River,MA. - Original Message - From: "Guida Leicester" To: Azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Saturday, January 17, 2009 10:32:40 PM GMT -05:00 US/Canada Eastern Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a por

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname

2009-01-18 Thread Vivian Christy
have relatives I have not found in Mass. so I keep looking.  Thank you again.  Vivian (Silva) Christy --- On Sat, 1/17/09, jojo8...@comcast.net wrote: From: jojo8...@comcast.net Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname To: Azores@googlegroups.com Date: Saturday, January

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: How to spell a portuguese surname

2009-01-19 Thread eric edgar
I researched an Oakland, California family that was originaly Pavao, then for the next two censuses changed it to Peacock. Eric Edgar On Sun, Jan 18, 2009 at 4:43 AM, wrote: > In a message dated 1/18/2009 12:21:27 AM Eastern Standard Time, > jay_fr...@applimetrix.com writes: > > My Pavao famil