Hi Carol, My father immigrated to the US in 1909. I was able to document that via the Ellis Island web site on which I found the passenger list on which he was listed as Joao Vitorino *Vasconcellos* (SS Vega as I recall). In 1928 he returned to Flores to marry my mother. He was not yet a US Citizen so I surmise that he was traveling on a Portuguese passport. What I think happened is pure conjecture on my part. I conclude that he probably had to contact the Portuguese Counsolate to renew his Portuguese passport. By 1928 the Portuguese language had undergone a revision whereby double letters were eliminated. What I think probably happened is that the bureauocrat who handled my father's application must have "corrected" the spelling of my father's last name to the "modern spelling" of* Vasconcelos*. My father had first cousins who immigrated to the US about the same time he did and those families still use the *Vasconcellos* spelling. Say hi to Richard. John Vasconcelos
On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 10:58 AM, Carol Warnock <cdwarn...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cheri-- > I didn't think anything did exist, but I thought I would ask, just to have > documentation on when my grandfather would have left the United States to > return to the Azores, since he did not apply for a passport at that point in > time. I guess I will just have to leave it to speculation, > Thanks anyway, > > Carol > > On Sat, Jul 30, 2011 at 10:11 AM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Carol, >> >> You mean emigration OUT of the U.S? Nothing exists to my knowledge. Only >> American passport applications for U.S. Citizens traveling abroad. >> >> Cheri >> >> -- >> To unsubscribe from this group, send email to >> azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
