" I don't know what constituted an adult in the 1870s in the Azores."
When a boy turned 13 years old, he was considered an adult in Portugal and was free to do whatever he wanted. That is why we see so many young adults travelling abroad to get a better chance in life. I don't know about girls. Isabella Baltar myportuguesegen.blogspot.com On Saturday, April 12, 2014 9:04:52 PM UTC-4, Cheri Mello wrote: > Liliana, > > You are going to have to clarify. This, that, it....I'll have to guess at > what you mean. > > 1) Are records from all the islands in this one place? > A) Passaporte records that exist will come online at the CCA site. The > physical location of the records is a different answer. They are at the 3 > archives. > > 2) Would anyone be able to translate the column headings? > A) The headings will vary with different time periods. For this time > period, it looks like Passaporte #, Year, month, day, name, age, status > (single, married), profession/occupation, native of (freguesia), can write > or not, other people traveling with the main passport holder, next column - > not sure, country traveling to, city traveling to, last column - not sure. > > Q) Does that mean there was only one passport to a family? > A) For this time period, yes. I think so in the later passaportes as > well, but then each family member was listed with their own passenger > number. > > 3) I'm especially interested in the last column. In all the pages I've > looked at, it seems to be for a teenage boy. A) That's the one I can't > read. Well, I can read it. Looks like Faria e Maia to me. But no, it's > not reserved for "teenagers." That word did not exist in the 1800s. I seem > to remember reading somewhere that the whole teenage movement became > popular in the 1950s but it had its beginnings in the 1920s in the flapper > era. I'd have to check my history, so don't take my word on that, but I > flat out know it's not a "teenage" thing. The world of the 1870s was > children and adults. I don't know what constituted an adult in the 1870s > in the Azores. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > -- 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
