My advice would be to continue to work backwards from 1907, as Ernesto may have traveled to the US, or, other places, prior to the year he immigrated. I encountered a similar circumstance while researching my grandfather's adventures. No one ever told me that he'd traveled to the US on three separate occasions - visiting both coasts, prior to 1924, when he immigrated with his wife and 5 of his six children.
The whole reason most Azoreans were considering migration to the US, Canada, and, other places, during that era, was, primarily because of the promise of work, and, a better life - as opposed to the conditions of lack of work, dire poverty, and disease, they were facing in the islands. Often the head of the family would come first, to scout out the options for work, housing, and, relatives, or friends, that could stake them until they were settled in. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ On Oct 5, 5:07 pm, carmen furtado <[email protected]> wrote: > hi everyone > > ernesto furtado age 20 from ribeira grande arrived may 6, 1907, in new york, > on the cretic - he sailed from st. michael's > > i just searched the ponta delgada passports from january to may 1907 and > cannot find him > > do i have to go back more > > thanks > > carmen -- 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."
