Thanks Philippe :) On Sunday, December 11, 2016 at 9:34:17 AM UTC-8, Philippe Garnier wrote: > > 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 >> >
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