If you are going to Pico try the fregesia of Calheta. It was a whaling community nd a lot of sea going young men left from there. There is a large Freitas family there. Boa sorte! Marlene Freitas
Sent from my iPad > On Jun 6, 2014, at 8:52 AM, "\"E\" Sharp" <[email protected]> wrote: > > Steve, > > The census says he came to the US 1865. I found the following record showing > someone by this name (using the De) coming to the US via Australia. He was a > Greehand on the ship. Could this possibly be him? Age doesn't match but > sometimes they are incorrect. When did he go to Australia? I do not know > if there are Passportes for this timeframe and it doesn't show where he came > from from in the Azores only says Portuguese. Ship was going to New Bedford > MA. I am not great at reading the Passportes so I cannot be of any help > there. > > "E" > > Name: Caetano De Freitas > Estimated Birth Year: abt 1838 > Age: 25 > Port of Departure: Russell > Port of Arrival: Sydney, New South Wales > Voyage Arrival Date: 11 Nov 1863 > Vessel Name: Minerva > Origin Location: Portuguese > > >> On Fri, Jun 6, 2014 at 6:54 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >> Steve, >> The records for Flores are held in the district archive. The district >> archive for Flores is in Horta, on Faial. >> >> Records are organized by freguesia (village). So you need your freguesia to >> begin searching. >> >> Cheri >> >>> On Jun 6, 2014 6:51 AM, <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hi all, >>> >>> It turns out I will be traveling to the Azores for three weeks in July! >>> I'll spend some time on São Miguel, Faial, Flores, and maybe Pico. I will >>> be on Flores for the Festa do Emigrante. While I am there I'd like to do >>> some family research. Does anyone know if there is an accessible archive on >>> Flores? I am looking for birth records for my great-great-grandparents: >>> Caetano Freitas (born 5 August, 1845) and Mary Isabel Avellar (born 7 Feb. >>> 1855). They were married and died in California, so I don't expect to find >>> anything on them after their birth. But it would be great if I could find >>> their parents or other family members. No idea what freguesias they came >>> from. I was always told they were from Pico, until a third cousin found a >>> death record for Caetano in California that listed his place of birth as >>> Flores, Azores. >>> >>> Obrigado, >>> >>> Steve >>> -- >>> 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. >> >> -- >> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
