If your friend is not able to find any Jewish connection in the records in the Azores.Is she able to trace her relatives from Cedros back to Portugal ? If she can do that, maybe, she might find her Jewish connection. When the Jews fled Spain and Portugal they went to various European Countries,Africa ( Morocco),Asia and the Americas.There is much literature being written today about the Spanish and Portuguese Jews. The first Portuguese/ Spanish Jewish Community in North America was in New Amsterdam and the second in Newport, R.I. The Portuguese and Spanish Jews are known as Sephardi. The one in Newport,R.I. is known as Touro Synagogue which was built in the Colonial Age and that synagogue is still in use today. The one in New York is the oldest community founded by Portuguese and Spanish Jews in North America. If I recall correctly the oldest Portuguese Jewish Community in the Americas is in Recife, Brazil.In Europe Holland was one country that was receptive to the fleeing Portuguese and Spanish Jews. There are several Portuguese Jewish Synagogues there. George M. ( Pereira) Medeiros
Sent from my iPad On Feb 15, 2016, at 2:50 PM, Debbie Gurtler <[email protected]> wrote: > I have a friend I am helping with her Portuguese ancestry and she is asking > about Jewish records for the municipality of Cedros, on the isle of Flores. > Does anyone have any familiarity with non-Catholic records? Do any > inquisition or convert records exist for those who may have been Jewish and > converted in order to avoid persecution? Other than possibly DNA is there any > other ways she might prove or disprove any Jewish lineage? > > Through some online searches I have found there is a Jewish cemetery in the > Horta district. Does anyone have any information about it? > > Thanks in advance for any help you can provide. > > Debbie > -- > 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. -- 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.
