Thank you Cheri, I can see I need help in Portuagese to check out these sites.
My grandparents married in Providence, Rhode Island in 1975, so I am assuming that is where she disembarked. Adair > On Jan 23, 2016, at 1:31 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > 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 > <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 > <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 > <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] > <mailto:[email protected]>. > Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores > <https://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 [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
