Thanks for the thoughts, Rick. My biggest obstacle is not having any records that refer to his origins on Sao Jorge. I only have a notation in the family Bible: John Harris, born on Sao Jorge, the Western Islands, and the same on his marriage certificate. I have no idea which village he came from. I found nothing in the Ellis Island records. I'll keep at it. This is like a treasure hunt!
On Thursday, February 20, 2014 7:24:40 AM UTC-8, Richard Francis Pimentel wrote: > > *That is a tough one to answer, his first name in Portuguese is Joao As > far as his last name if I were to guess I would say Henrique but that does > not seem right. When you say (in the records), what records? In order to > search the islands in the Acores it is important to know the Freguesia > (village) where he came from. You should search all US sources to determine > that. One way would be to find when he came to the US and then search > passport records if they are available. * > > > > *Rick* > > > > *Richard Francis Pimentel* > > *Spring, TX* > > > > > > *From:* azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *Liliana Harris > *Sent:* Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:51 PM > *To:* azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Americanized: John Harris > > > > I'm brand to new genealogy, so I hope the experts out there will forgive > some basic questions. All I know at this point is that my > great-grandfather's name was John Harris (in the records) and he was from > Sao Jorge. Any ideas on what his Portuguese (birth) name might have been? > Thanks! > > -- > 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+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- 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.
