If somehow, the 3 were smuggled onboard, then there would be no record of them leaving the Azores. However, many times family stories are just that - stories - so it wouldn't hurt to check to see if they were outbound from the Azores. Only 2 ports still have their passaportes records in existence for the 1860s: Horta and Angra. Click here: http://tombo.pt/d/acores
As for American arrival records - most stowaways were discovered and counted on the American end (I've seen it). These Customs Passenger Lists exist for the ports of New Bedford, Providence, and New York, however, for the 1860s, only Providence has some from 1866-67 (available in the National Archive microfilm publication M575; indexed in M334), and New York. New York was known as Castle Garden. They may have stopped at New York first before going to New Bedford or Providence. You can search Castle Garden by using Steve Morse's site here: http://stevemorse.org/ellis/cg.html "Sound" is rather vague. How do you know it wasn't Boston, MA or Bristol & Warren, RI or Edgartown, MA or Gloucester, MA or Newport, RI? All had ports operating in the 1860s. Don't know which ones would be considered as having a sound. You can get more information about this from "American Passenger Arrival Records" by Michael Tepper. Your public library probably has the book. 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
