Thanks for that info Cheri. Just saved my eyes searching the right column for the island, village etc. Liz
On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 9:21 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > Elaine, > This is the technique I use when hunting through the Sao Miguel > Passaportes: > Scroll down the Concelho column in page 2, looking for the council of > Povoacao. When you see one, check to see if the freguesia is Ribeira > Quente. If it is, then check the person's name to see if it's your Maria > Lima. It will go much, much faster that way than looking at every single > Maria that left from the port of Ponta Delgada. > > The U.S. Censuses asked for year of immigration. Although it may be off, > it should give you a range to work with. She is mostly likely leaving the > Azores and immigrating under the name of Maria da ______, without her last > name, so don't discount those Marias who are listed as just first and > middle name only. > > Good luck! Cheri > > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 8:44 AM, Margaret Vicente < > [email protected]> wrote: > >> Hi Elaine, >> >> This record is for Francisca Rosa de Melo, as you noted, passport # 675 >> travelling with her children (named below) who are all natives of Sao >> Roque, Ponta Delgada. If your Maria de Lima is from Ribeira Quente, these >> are not your family. >> >> The two (2) sisters you see, one is named Maria the other Maria do Carmo. >> >> The dot and bracket is an internal record keeping thing, not related to >> the family (s) in this case. >> >> Do you know the parents names for your Maria de Lima? >> >> >> On Fri, Dec 9, 2016 at 8:03 AM, Elaine Mello <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Hi everyone, >>> >>> I've been going page by page from about 1904 onwards looking for my >>> parternal grandmather, Maria Lima. It's been great looking at these >>> records for those years from Porto Delgada, because whomever was writing >>> the logs had the clearest handwriting I've seen so far. I think I found >>> her, but they weren't listed as coming from Ribeira Quente. I'm assuming >>> this is a mistake, as they just did an ellipses from the person above them >>> rather than to write the correct town down. >>> >>> So on line 675 here: http://www.culturacores.azore >>> s.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-PDL-1906-1907/PASSAP >>> ORTES-PDL-1906-1907_item1/P114.html >>> >>> I see the passport for Francisca Roza de Mello, whose parents were >>> Manuel de Mello Barboza and Maria Julia. >>> The next line down is a Maria da Lima, with her parents listed, Joao >>> Ignacio de Lima and Francisca Roza. >>> >>> The line after that is another Maria Lima, who would be the right age >>> for my grandmother, who was born in 1890. I can't read the middle name >>> listed there, and now there are two Marias there. Looking at my family >>> tree, Manuel had a brother Jose who also married a Francesca and their >>> daughter was Maria, but I thought she was the same age, and she would have >>> been a de Mello or Barboza, not a Lima. >>> >>> So is it possible that the first Maria was listed as my grandmother, but >>> would in fact be the cousin? >>> >>> And if this is the correct record, my grandmother would have had a >>> little brother, also named Joao? >>> >>> Thanks for you assistance! >>> >>> Elaine >>> >>> -- >>> 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. >>> >> >> >> >> -- >> Margaret M Vicente >> >> -- >> 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. >> > > -- > 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. > -- 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.
