Al, Outbound or inbound?
Outbound: I believe Horta is the nearest port to Flores. Your ancestor probably registered in Horta (although, if he wanted to get to America on the next boat, he could have made his way over to Angra on Terceira or Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel). Horta is not online at the CCA. You'd have to hire Joao Ventura, the archivist to get it for you (heroi99 at yahoo.com ). Inbound: You'll have to check the port of New Bedford as well as the port of New York (the ship may have sailed to New York first and your ancestor may be counted there. Then the boat when on to New Bedford where he got off. Or the captain may have had the New York people counted in New York and the New Bedford people counted in New Bedford). I'm not sure what lists exist for 1884 in America. The port in New York was called Castle Garden in 1884: http://www.castlegarden.org/ As for New Bedford, Michael Tepper's American Passegner Arrival Records, list this in Table 1 (at the back of Chapter 3): New Bedford, Ma: Originals 1823-1899; Copies or Abstracts: 1826-1852 (gaps); State Dept. Transcripts: 1822, 1825-1827, 1830-1831. There's a footnote: The Archives has an unmicrofilmed card index for New Bedford, 1875-1899. Tepper's book was written in 1993, so something may have been done with that index by now. By Archives, Tepper means the National Archive and Record Administration (NARA). 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.
