Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Fwd: Agua de Pau - word negrete

2010-07-12 Thread Margaret Vicente
JR it could be that he is indeed dark skin and the priest was making the distinction. I will tag it for further research in the places you mentioned. Thank you. Margaret. On Mon, Jul 12, 2010 at 8:15 PM, JR wrote: > BTW Margaret, I remember seeing this and just assumed it was a > nickname of

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Fwd: Agua de Pau - word negrete

2010-07-12 Thread Sam Koester
JR, Thanks much for sharing this web site with us! Very useful. Sam in CA On Behalf Of JR Sent: Monday, July 12, 2010 5:15 PM To: Azores Genealogy (http://www.priberam.pt -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Fwd: Agua de Pau - word negrete

2010-07-12 Thread JR
BTW Margaret, I remember seeing this and just assumed it was a nickname of some sort. According to "Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa" (http://www.priberam.pt/), negrete also means, "negrete (ê) s. f. Ictiol. Peixe de água doce." Best Portuguese dictionary online. But it makes sense that Do