Rachel, I have some information about the Cohen's in Ponta Delgada, Açores, and in Pico, S. Jorge.
Right now I am very short of time, but if you have patience, I wll prepare it and send to you. Inacio 2010/6/10 Cohen, Rachel F [USA] <[email protected]> > It is a Sephardic Jewish surname. I would be interested in other Sephardic > Jews in the Azores (Sao Miguel, primarily) with the surnames Cohen > (Fortunato, Simy and Rebecca (could be Rivka)) who emigrated to the States > at the turn of the last century, as well as their friends and my other > family members... Bensabats (moved back and forth between Morocco and the > Azores), Bibas, and Faraches. They were primarily in the cigar industry, I > believe, which is what allowed them to move around. Many went to S. > America. I have had the hardest time tracking the Cohens in Sao Miguel, > however. > > Thanks! > > Rachel > > Rachel F. Cohen > -----Original Message----- > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf > Of Shirley Sereque > Sent: Wednesday, June 09, 2010 10:40 PM > To: [email protected] > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Azores to Brazil - Seriqui > > George Pacheco wrote: > > Name is from Morroco it is spelled both ways i seen , Sereque serequi > > they lived in Portugal and some born there > > > > On Wed, Jun 9, 2010 at 2:41 PM, Karlushko <[email protected] > > <mailto:[email protected]>> wrote: > > > > Serequi? I have never ever heard of a portuguese surname as such. > > Is it miss spelled? > > > ***Thanks, George! > - Shirl - > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<azores%[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 > [email protected]<azores%[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." > *Inacio Steinhardt* *Journalist - Translator -Researcher * Ein Hanoch 18/20 - Ganei Tikva 55900 - Israel Tel. (972)3-5341204 Fax (972)3-5344278 MEMBER OF: Tel Aviv Journalists Association, Tel Aviv Israel Translators Association, Tel Aviv Society for the Study of the Jews of Sefarad and the Sefardi Diaspora, Jerusalem __________________________; Web sites: www.steinhardts.com (English) www.steinhardts.com/ishluz (Português) steinhardts.wordpress.com (História das Palavras) -- 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."
