Hi, I did a quick google search on "Cohen" in the Azores and the following links may be of interest.
http://www.abecasis.info/gen_portugal2.htm http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~leebrick/d52.htm#P5362 On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Shirley Sereque <[email protected]> wrote: > Hi, Rachel! > I'm also interested in the Bensabats but didn't know they moved back and > forth between Morocco and the Azores, which means you have more info than I > do! > - Shirl - > >> 2010/6/10 Cohen, Rachel F [USA] <[email protected] <mailto: >> [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. >> >> > -- > 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]. 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."
