I found on one of my relatives that were born in ribeira grande - he was listed as being born in rio de janeiro brazil - the people in charge of the manifests of the people boarding the ships weren't portuguese so anything could have been recorded due to te language barrier
carmen ________________________________ From: Pat West <[email protected]> To: Azores Genealogy <[email protected]> Sent: Friday, March 6, 2009 7:44:20 PM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Great Britian citizenship? I have a question. Has anyone else found their ancestors changed their nationality? On my Grandfather's Ellis Island Manifest he listed his nationality as Great Britian, but his country of origin as Portugal. I do remember my mother telling me he came the the US to avoid being drafted. Apparently when you reached a certain age, you had to serve in the military. Does any of this make sense to anyone? Thanks, Pat --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ 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." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
