Paul G., 1. On "Passaportes" dob's are only incidental to your search. As Cheri indicated, you are looking for an unspecific date prior to your ancestor's departure; that can be a short time previous to the date of departure, or, it can be considerably earlier - due to complications relating to family, such as health, finances.
2. Do you have the correct name your ancestor registered under? Azorians were notorious for using names other than those which may have appeared on legal documents. Sometimes that was due to illiteracy, other times, because they just reversed surnames [father, mother, grandparent, etc] - still others because they used nicknames (alcunhas). Your ancestor's name, itself, could have been recorded wrong ...e.g. Manuel [Bernardo] da Silva, could have been recorded as Manuel Bernardo, Manuel Silva, Manuel Bernardo de Mello, or, Manuel Mello. 3. What does the date signify - Birth, or Baptism? If you are looking for civil info [passports], the Baptism date, or, the name of the Church, should not be part of the search keywords; also, I note that the name of the place of one of your ancestors' birth, is incorrectly spelled, it should be [Agua Retorta]. Sometimes the smallest details can thwart your efforts. Hope this info helps. -- 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.
