Thanks, Margaret. Yes, I've seen both of these sites and incorporated the info (some of these cousins/aunts/uncles are still alive, which helps), but neither site quite gets me to the family linkages in the Azores and Morocco. My great-uncle and I spent some time this weekend on the tree, but even he doesn't know his great-grandparents' names... he knows about as much as I do! Only the names of the people who migrated here... his grandparents. I'm stuck at that point!
I'm going to try and get to the Library of Congress in the next couple of weeks to review the Abecassis Genealogia volumes, which I hope will finally help me make the connections back to the family in the "old country." Shirl... I'll see what I can get on the Bensabat/Benarus/Serique family connections, too! Thank you for taking the time to research it, Margaret! Regards, Rachel From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Margaret Vicente Sent: Monday, June 14, 2010 1:21 AM To: [email protected] Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Azores to Brazil - Seriqui/Bensabat/Benarus 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]<mailto:[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]> <mailto:[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]<mailto: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." -- 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."
