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2012-04-14 Thread Altino Demelo
...@yahoo.com To: azores@googlegroups.com azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 6:04:35 PM Subject: Re: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots It looks like I sent the wrong attachment. What I sent was a Jewish Azorean decent from Rodrigo Rodrigues. Attached is the correct

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2012-04-12 Thread K Pimental
, yourislandroutes.com. Good Luck, Keith Pimental From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lou Henderson Sent: Wednesday, April 11, 2012 10:32 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: RE: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots My

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2012-04-11 Thread Lou Henderson
st regards, John Miranda Raposo From: K Pimental kpsread...@gmail.comTo: azores@googlegroups.com Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 4:40 PMSubject: RE: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots Responding to the Jewishness of Pereira, I have had my DNA family finder and mtDNA and

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2012-04-11 Thread Lou Henderson
Isabela and Maria Jose, Father-Jose Pereira de Botelho, Mother-Jacintha da Conceicao; all from Sao Miguel. From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lou HendersonSent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:10 PMTo: azores@googlegroups.comSubject: Re: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy

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2012-04-10 Thread Duane De Mello
After the Azores, where did your Pereira's end up? In the Azores, my Pereira cousins came out of Sao Miguel. Duane On Mon, Apr 9, 2012 at 7:25 PM, Lou Henderson lou_hender...@lycos.comwrote: Are either of you related to:Manuel Pereira and Maria da Conceicao married 16, Out. 1872 in Porto

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2012-04-10 Thread Lou Henderson
They immigrated to the Sandwitch Islands, ( Hawaii ), in 1883 and after that I cannot find anything on them. No census, nothing. I did not knowPereira is a Jewish name.Lou On Apr 10, 2012, Duane De Mello casademe...@gmail.com wrote: After the Azores, where did your Pereira's end up? In the

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2012-04-10 Thread K Pimental
[mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Lou Henderson Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 1:10 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots They immigrated to the Sandwitch Islands, ( Hawaii ), in 1883 and after that I cannot find anything

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2012-04-10 Thread Duane De Mello
Lou: From my experience to date, researching the Sephardic Jewish side is difficult, to say the least. Up until somewhere around 1492 to 1497, when the Spanish Monarchy forced Jews to convert to Christianity, our ancestors in the Azores were probably practicing the Jewish faith. In my genealogy

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2012-04-10 Thread K Pimental
) From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Duane De Mello Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:27 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots Lou: From my experience to date, researching the Sephardic Jewish

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2012-04-10 Thread K Pimental
Sent: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 3:55 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots Dear Keith: You are quite correct; it is not as simple as a name. Pereira and Silva are among the most common of all Portuguese names. Naturally, when

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2012-04-10 Thread K Pimental
: Tuesday, April 10, 2012 5:54 PM Subject: Re: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots Dear Keith: You are quite correct; it is not as simple as a name. Pereira and Silva are among the most common of all Portuguese names. Naturally, when the Portuguese Jews needed to disappear

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2012-04-10 Thread Duane De Mello
] *On Behalf Of *Duane De Mello *Sent:* Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:27 PM *To:* azores@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots ** ** Lou: ** ** From my experience to date, researching the Sephardic Jewish side is difficult, to say the least. Up

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2012-04-10 Thread Duane De Mello
, Pereira, Sao Miguel, Hawai’i) *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On Behalf Of *Duane De Mello *Sent:* Tuesday, April 10, 2012 2:27 PM *To:* azores@googlegroups.com *Subject:* Re: Re: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots Lou: From my experience

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2012-04-09 Thread Lou Henderson
Are either of you related to: Manuel Pereira and Maria da Conceicao married 16, Out. 1872 in Porto Formoso? Manuel born, 1883 and Maria da Conciecaoborn 1854? They are my great grandparents. Lou Henderson On Apr 8, 2012, Duane De Mello casademe...@gmail.com wrote: One way to start is to do a

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2012-04-08 Thread Joao S. Lopes
Why is Pereira a Jewish name? Joao S Lopes De: kikas kikas3...@gmail.com Para: Azores Genealogy azores@googlegroups.com Enviadas: Domingo, 8 de Abril de 2012 17:47 Assunto: [AZORES-Genealogy] Looking for Jewish roots My mother's side of the family are from

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2012-04-08 Thread Duane De Mello
One way to start is to do a Google search on Sephardic Judaism, followed by its roots out of Iberia. You will find detailed descriptions of the family surnames associated with the Jewish people, including the Pereiras, of which I count as cousins of mine. Cheers, Duane On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at

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2012-04-08 Thread George Pacheco
good site to read about Sephardi jewish roots check www.saudades.com On Sun, Apr 8, 2012 at 4:47 PM, kikas kikas3...@gmail.com wrote: My mother's side of the family are from Angra Terceira Azores. She has a Jewish name Pereira I have researched up to my great grandmother...with the name