Hi Samantha, "N° do maço em que esta arquivado o processo" = "number of the paquet where the passport is archived".
Philippe Garnier Paris - France http://philippegarnier112.wixsite.com/familiasilhaterceira/copie-de-familias-da-ilha-terceira Le dimanche 11 décembre 2016 07:44:33 UTC+1, Samantha B a écrit : > > I'm still hunting down Joaquim Benedicto. Hopefully I've found, and > translated, his marriage record and birth records of both himself and his > wife. So far I have lots of great new information and two more generations > on both sides. > > However, that's if this Joaquim is my Joaquim. I "know" (that's a loaded > word huh) from the US 1910 census that he migrated to the US in about 1885, > when he was about 10 years old.The very first record of him I can find in > the US is his 1906 arrival on the SS Brooklyn with his new wife. The ship > manifest does say that he's a US citizen. He does not seem to appear in the > 1990 or 1890 (fragment) census records. I can find no record of his parents > in the US either. > > So my next search is for his passport in about 1885. I'm starting with > the Angra do Heroísmo passports as he's from Terceirca. If I have no luck > there I'll move on to the other ports. My questions are > > 1) A bit of a subjective one I suppose ... Did children ever travel to the > US at that time without their parents? I would think it was uncommon. > > 2) re Reading the records. I see the printed headings at the top of each > page and understand them mostly. I don't know what the last column on each > page says. It's something like "no do masso em que esta archivado o > processo" Here's an example. > http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-TER-1874-1877/PASSAPORTES-TER-1874-1877_item1/P11.html > > I don't know if this is going to be meaningful for me. > > 3) re Reading the records. As a child will he most likely have his own > listing or should I be looking for his name in the listing of an adult? > > Many thanks for all your help. > Samantha > -- 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.
