Oh, and once you find them and get the freguesia, you can use the Flores marriage book. It's available digitally now. It is organized by freguesia (village). So you need to find your village in addition to the original surname.
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:05 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsche...@gmail.com> wrote: > There are 3 ports in the Azores: Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel, Angra on > Terceira, and Horta on Faial. Horta is the closest to Flores. Those > records, called Passaportes are online. Use Tombo.pt to navigate: > http://tombo.pt/d/acores > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > On Tue, Jul 21, 2015 at 5:02 PM, Andrea R <andrea.re...@gmail.com> wrote: > >> Thank you! >> >> Luckily I speak Portuguese so I can read some of the old records and have >> been looking for similar names Roberto and the ones listed are great >> possibilities. >> >> Any idea where I can find specific passenger lists from 1869 to 1873 from >> Azores to US so that I can try and find them? I could not find any >> naturalization records (not under the new name) or immigration. >> >> Any other hints for searching Flores? >> >> Thanks! >> >> >> >> On Tuesday, July 21, 2015 at 3:50:49 PM UTC-7, Andrea R wrote: >>> >>> Hello! I am new to this group and I am researching the following people >>> (I only have the English names) >>> >>> Joseph Joaquim Roberts born 8 Jun 1848 or 1850 1900 census says born >>> in Flores and immigrated in 1871 died in 1905 in Sacramento, CA but 1880 >>> census shows living in Emporia, Kansas >>> >>> his wife >>> >>> Rosa Roberts - maiden name LIMA born 22 Feb 1851 or 1852 1900 census >>> says only Azores and immigration 1872 death certificate shows father Frank >>> (Francisco ?) Lima died in 1935 in San Francisco >>> >>> daughter >>> >>> Clementina Roberts born 23 Oct 1868 1900 census says only Azores and >>> immigration 1872 died 1945 in San Francisco (married Lansfield) >>> >>> son >>> >>> Anthony Joseph Roberts born 5 Jan 1870 some places say Portugal and some >>> say Boston, MA cannot find any records of birth - died in 1937 in San >>> Francisco >>> >>> I searched Ancestry and many sites and could not find anything. I know >>> few records are indexed and I tried searching the Azores reocrds on their >>> site but haven't found anything yet. Was hoping to discover what the last >>> name was originally. I have obtained all death certificates but they are >>> vague. The only clue was Flores in the 1900 census. >>> >>> Thank you very much! This has been interesting as my family didn't even >>> know they were from the 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.
