I have a Portuguese link regarding the demographics in the city of Porto at the time the Azores were discovered the Population was being heavily taxed to widen a street(Rua Nova known today as Rua do Infante D. Henrique) , there was a grain shortage, and grain was very expensive, this I suspect is representative of what was occurring nationally. On Pico island land was being given to those willing to clear the rocky soil and turn it into productive farm land.
http://www.portopatrimoniomundial.com/rua-do-infante-d-henrique.html http://www.iseg.ulisboa.pt/aphes30/docs/progdocs/FABIANO%20FERRAMOSCA.pdf On Wednesday, September 16, 2015 at 10:00:55 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Repost for Miguel Deavery, migueldeavery at gmail.com > > I often wonder why some of our ancestors went to the Azores ?Did they go > freely or were they forced ? Beautiful Islands in the middle of nowhere.I > think our ancestors were courageous to leave Portugal than go to the > Azores and than leave again to go throughout the world to give us > opportunities they never had in their own lives.I know the Azores Islands > are beautiful but it must of been isolating for those living there not to > long ago. I once heard a saying but where I don't recall. The saying was > ...There is Lisbon and everything else is scenery. > -- 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.
