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Emilie; As soon as I can do a scan I will happily do as you have suggested. Thank you for your interest. Jose Luis Macias style="PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 5px; MARGIN-LEFT: 5px; BORDER-LEFT: #000000 2px solid; MARGIN-RIGHT: 0px"> |
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Yes, Jose Luis, Please do send a scan through Ranchos so that we can all see what you are talking about. Even though Argentina is not in the area of the group, it will be helpful to all of us to see what you are dealing with, especially since we all view films with varying scripts and spelling of names. I have found that some of the names I deal with have been spelled with "B" instead of "V" or "Y" instead of "LL", etc. Priests long ago, say in the 1700's used script that is different in some letters or they tended to use the Latin Joseph and Carmel instead of Jose and Carmen. I have been looking up the ethnic history of Argentina, and I find that Italians and Germans started immigrating around 1850 as well people from other parts of Northern and Southern Europe. I think the reason so many Italians and Germans moved there after WWII was that there were large communities of Italians, Germans, Syrians, Jews, etc already there. They say that 49% of the population now is of Italian descent. When my husband and I were vacationing in Italy we ran into some Argentinians of Italian descent, and we had to translate for them to their relatives living there in Italy, since we spoke Spanish and Spanish is the only language most of them know. When I worked at a large hospital in Silicon Valley, I had to translate for some blue-eyed people from Argentina surnamed Schmidt who could only speak Spanish. I also found that there were 500 Indian tribes or more, as well as Basques, and even some Welsh from Patagonia. Those languages are unlike any others and have unusual combinations of letters, so maybe that is what you have been seeing. Emilie Port Orchard, WA
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Hi: Just responding on the surnames . . Neri is actually a last name that I have in my family tree. I also believe it is short for a first name. I will check my tree and get back to you. Janet
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