I think the use of dona can be applied very arbitrarily. I've seen many old
records where it appears to be noble families but it's also simply used as a
sign of respect.our bankers on Pico always call me Dona Nancy and that's
certainly not because of a noble rank! We have a neighbor who is
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Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] use of "dona"
From: nancy jean baptiste fishsongf...@hotmail.com
Date: Tue, April 29, 2014 8:54 am
To: azores group azores@googlegroups.com
I think the use of "dona" can beappl
: [AZORES-Genealogy] use of dona
From: nancy jean baptiste fishso...@hotmail.com javascript:
Date: Tue, April 29, 2014 8:54 am
To: azores group azo...@googlegroups.com javascript:
I think the use of dona can be applied very arbitrarily. I've seen many
old records where it appears to be noble
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From: dpai...@gmail.com
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] use of dona
Well, Doug, and Nancy, not having been born, or grown up in the islands, I
can't speak definitively about the customs. However, I was brought up to
respect persons in the community. In my case
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