Hi Sonia, My paternal grandfather was an illegal immigrant from Faial. Since he did not want to serve in the Portuguese army he used another person's paper to board a ship to New York and hid on the ship and though seen by one of the crew he was not reported. He made it through Ellis Island and then to California. Not sure of the exact year but my aunt the eldest child was born in 1908. I have the passport for my maternal grandmother also from Faial but she immigrated in 1914 to the US. I have no documentation for my maternal grandfather or paternal grandmother since I have only recently started on the genealogy of our family. I did not find them on any passenger lists from the free period on Ancestry.com Best Regards, Veronica Perry
________________________________ From: Sonia Pacheco <[email protected]> To: [email protected] Sent: Thursday, September 22, 2011 9:54 AM Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Passport/passenger list question Please reply directly to me, thank you. I am currently doing some research on illegal emigration from Portugal to the United States during the time period (roughly) between 1890-1910. If you had a relative who emigrated during this time period and you have either their passport but not their name on a passenger list OR you have found their name on a passenger list but have not found their passport, can you please email me directly? I am only trying to compile some rough numbers regarding how many people may have travailed illegally from Portugal to the United States. My research has shown, so far, that many individuals were not aware that they were even traveling illegally or that they were aiding illegal travel! Thanks in advance, Sonia Sónia Pacheco Librarian Archivist Ferreira-Mendes Portuguese American Archives Claire T. Carney Library University of Massachusetts Dartmouth 285 Old Westport Road N. Dartmouth, MA 02747 Tel. 508-999-8695 Fax 508-999-8424 Email [email protected] Web site: http://www.lib.umassd.edu/archives/Archives.html -- 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."
