Hi. I am researching Pedro Tavares born 1883 in Agua de Pau, San Miguel and have been unable to find him in the passport files or ship passenger lists that are available. According to the 1930 US Census, he arrived in the US in 1904 (his wife provided that information to the census enumerator). His older brother Jose was born in AdP in 1882. He received a passport 5 June 1904, but I think he did not use it. Jose was married in AdP in November 1906, had a large family, and presumably never left. It seems to me that if Pedro was going to leave the Azores, he would have gotten a passport with his brother and likely travelled together. Thanks! On Thursday, August 23, 2012 9:07:23 PM UTC-4, Lester wrote:
> Questions about passports: > > 1. Were passports required to leave the Azores? > > 2. I have been looking through the "Registo de Passaportes" for a person > who left the Azores in 1904-1905. If his name does not appear in the > register, can I assume that he left through other, unconventional means? > > 3. There was a passport for an older brother issued in 1905 and probably > not used by him. Is it likely that his younger brother used this passport > to travel to the United States? > > Thanks! > -- 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."
