Les L, Did your mother ever say what village/freguesia she was from on Sao Jorge? You have to have that info in order to access the Portuguese records.
The Sao Miguel "passaportes" (emigration out of the Azores) are online at the Center for Knowledge of the Azores (we call it the CCA web site as the word "knowledge" starts with a C in Portuguese). However, there are gaps in the records. Unfortunately, 1909 is in one of the gaps :( The web site is here and must be accessed with Internet Explorer or Safari: http://pg.azores.gov.pt/drac/cca/ig/ It is written in Portuguese at this time. Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, R. das Tainhas, Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
