Hi Nancy, I didn't even know they'd inserted the passport info at record level. Well spotted :)
I use it mostly to check what books should still show up, as that site is the archive's catalog. The text appears repeated, but the part you may have stumbled: "Embarcação: S/indicação, barca. Destino: América, pela ilha do Faial" translates to "Boat: no information, barge. Destination: [North] America, through Faial". João Ventura http://tombo.pt On Monday, 3 February 2014 17:59:14 UTC+1, NancyC wrote: > > Dear Joao and everyone, > > I tried the tool and have some questions about it. I did a simple search > to test it out, thinking I was searching in Sao Roque baptisms, and found > the following useful information about my great-aunt. > > MARIA DA LUZ. <http://www.arquivos.azores.gov.pt/details?id=1114063> > Record not reviewed. > Filiação: João do Couto e Margarida Júlia. Idade: 29 anos. Estado: Casada. > Profissão: Doméstica. Naturalidade: Ponta Delgada. Arrifes. Acompanhantes: > Seu filho, José, de 3 anos. Embarcação: S/indicaçã ... > Dates1880-12-24 - > Complete referencePT/BPARPD/ACD/GCPDL/P/001/03066 > Physical locationLv-1385-Nº 1027-1880 > > This is definitely my great-aunt, and with the information about the age > of her son I was able to find her marriage record on the CCA site. But I > don't understand the part after Jose's age. Does the "S" indicate that she > left from Sao Miguel? (At first I thought it might refer to "Sandwich.") > And does the 1880-12-24 date refer to the date she embarked or the first > date in a long set of records? She would have been 29 in 1880. I haven't > yet found Jose's birth record. > > The search I did seemed to bring up mostly emigration records from all > over Sao Miguel, and not just restricted to the time frame I selected. > This tool looks as if it could be very helpful, but I'm not sure I'm using > it properly. > > Thanks for any help I can get with this. > > Nancy > > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
