Thank you very much. That is great information. I'm hopeful this is my Anna, but I've been down false trails before.
On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:20:30 PM UTC-7, linda wrote: > > Hi Kimberly, > > Welcome! Here's a crib sheet for the passport page you posted to help get > you started. I hope this helps in your search. It [mostly] gets easier > after you find the right village. > > ---------------------- > > Ano/Year: 1884 > Mes/Month: September > Dia/Day: 5 > > Passport number: 461 > > Nomes/Names: Anna da Gloria > Estado/Status: solteira/single > Professao/Profession: gov.o dom.co [I read this as "governo de sua > domestico", i.e., "keeper of her own house"; this phrase is used in > marriage records of this period, and means, I believe, engaged full time in > household duties/chores but not employed outside the family] > Edade/Age: 16 > > Signaes/Characteristics > Altura/Height: 1,53 = 1 meter 53 cm > Resto/????: Comp.?? > Cabello/Hair: Cast.o = castanho/brown > ?????: Cast.o = castanho/brown > Olhos/Eyes: Cast.o = castanho/brown > Nari??/Nose?: regular > Bocca/Mouth: regular > Cor??/Color??: N.al = natural??? [perhaps meaning "white"?] > > Destino/Destination: E U d'Am.ca = Estados Unidos d'America/ USA > > Quem leva en sua companhia/Who they take with them: BLANK > > Naturalidade/Birthplace > Ilha/Island: Fayal/Faial > Conselho/Council: Hurta?/Horta > Freguezia/Village: Cedros/Cedros > > Sabe escrever/Knows how to write: nao/no > > Nome do Navio/Ship Name: Veronica > > Observacoes/Observations [Distinguishing Marks]: BLANK [the line above > says the fellow has a blondish beard and a scar of some sort] > ----------------------- > > > > Also, many of the ships from the Azores landed at the immigration stations > at Boston, so you might have luck searching those ship lists through > Ancestry.com or Steve Morse's OneStep site. > > Best wishes, > > Linda > > > > On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 2:23:53 PM UTC-7, Kimberly Reeve wrote: >> >> Here is the link >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1876-1889/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1876-1889_item1/P162.html >> >>> >>> -- 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.
