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" <bellema...@gmail.com> 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 <gfsche...@gmail.com> 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, <spp1...@gmail.com> 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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. > > -- > 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. -- 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.
