Melody Lassalle wrote a very good article article on the migrations you might want to read. It may not answer all of your questions but it does cover the decision to leave home for a new land, and what conditions your ancestors faced both at home and on the voyage to their new home. The article is in two parts (reasons, and, risks), so, click on both links for the entire article... < http://www.yourislandroutes.com/articles/migrationreasons.shtml > < http://www.yourislandroutes.com/articles/migrationrisks.shtml >
On Sunday, March 25, 2012 3:37:52 PM UTC-4, Frannie wrote: > I am trying to understand the life hardships for my Ggggfather Jose da > Silva Sampaio in Rabo de Peixe that caused him, his family and brother > Francisco and his family to sign up for a 3 year as contract workers for > the Hawaiian Kingdom. To leave their life style and family. Was there a > shortage of jobs there? And what kind of jobs were available for the woman > and the men? Does anyone know what the average wage was? Were they able > to buy land? > Any help on this would be greatly > appreciathttp://www.yourislandroutes.com/articles/migrationrisks.shtmled. > -- 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."
