Jeanetta, American passports are what you think they are - the thing you carry with you overseas. There is an application process with genealogy information. To find out more about it, go to the Azores GenWeb: http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/HowTo_Part_1e.html#passport
The emigration out of the Azores are the "Passaportes" some of which are online at the Centro de Conhecimento dos Acores (CCA) at: http://pg.azores.gov.pt/drac/cca/ig/ You can think of them as ships lists out of the Azores. http://homepage.mac.com/kmacardoza/Genealogy/HowTo_Part_2c.html#passports Looks like I need to change the last line though to the correct URL of http://pg.azores.gov.pt/drac/cca/ig/ Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira 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." To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscribegooglegroups.com or reply to this email with the words "REMOVE ME" as the subject.
