Hi Dano--All great questions. I wish I had great answers. He did live in Boston and was a cabinetmaker. I found a marriage certificate, but the only information that gave me was that he was born on St. Jorge, the Western Islands. I'll keep at it. I'm determined! Thanks for all your advice.
On Thursday, February 20, 2014 5:52:26 AM UTC-8, Dano wrote: > > You need a little more info than "St. Jorge,"to be able to identify where > to look. Was "St. Jorge" the island of St. Jorge, or the parish of St. > Jorge, on some other island? Start with the most recent data you have, > plug that into an immigration website such as the Ellis Island > foundation.org, and backtrack from there. In order to be able to do this > you will need names, dates and places; what were his vitals: when was he > born - where? when was he married - where? when did he die - where? when > did he immigrate - where? Did he immigrate to the east coast (New England), > or, west coast, (CA, HI), etc.? Did he come as a fisherman, whaler, or was > he a farmer or factory worker? With a common surname like Harris, be > prepared to do some work. If you can identify his birth name, that will be > a major step. Let me know when you have some details, I may be able suggest > a more specific course for you to follow. -- 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
