Debbie, this is good info on the train system, thanks. We should keep in mind also that the First Transcontinental Railroad was not completed until 1869. Not sure what that meant for rail travel before then. Maybe you could get a train part of the way? And then what? I still wonder how my gg-grandfather Caetano Freitas got to the San Luis Obispo area from Pico. We know he came on a whaler, but where did he land? Could have been Boston or New Bedford, could have gone around the horn, could have gone to Hawaii first. The 1900 Census says he was naturalized in 1865, but who knows how long it took him to get to the US, or how long he was here before he was officially processed? Were people also naturalized on the West Coast, and if so where? I assume that was something that happened immediately upon arrival.
Steve Peters Researching Freitas (Pico) and Avellar (Flores or Pico?) in Avila Beach/San Luis Obispo area -- 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."
