That is good! Best of luck Maria Elena
> On Jan 12, 2018, at 1:15 AM, Annette <[email protected]> wrote: > > I can't find any information of him becoming an Australian citizen when I > looked and phone Canberra, as that is the mane records place here. I was > told that seeing he ran away from home to sea that he could have jumped ship > many times. A man from another board saw my message and has sent some > information about his ancestors who had the same name. I'm going to start > searching in that area. I'm hopeful that the name may have travelled down > through the generations. I started searching about 15 to 20 years ago and > kept hitting a brick wall, but now with all of this new information I have it > has given me hope. Thank You for your suggestions. They all have got me > going again. > >> On Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 5:36:54 PM UTC+11, rcapodc wrote: >> Annette, did he become a citizen? Those records, if he applied, may have >> more info. It just depends on what the government asked. In the US if it was >> prior to 1906 it probably would only give the island in the Azores, after >> 1906 more information was asked for and you have a better chance of finding >> the village. Good luck! >> >> >> Rosemarie >> [email protected] >> Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, >> Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily >> >>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 10:06 PM, Annette <[email protected]> wrote: >>> Hello Maria, Thank you for your suggestions. I have Francisco's death, >>> Married , and cemetery documents. I have been to the public records and >>> searched both unassisted and assisted records. I have also been through >>> the censuses records. I know where he lived in Bendigo. I even went to >>> Canberra to the head place with records of immigrants. But nothing comes >>> to light of where in Sao Miguel as that is all he wrote down on the >>> records. I will give the Diggers a try as I don't live too far from >>> Bendigo. I even know where he was a miner. Thank you once again for your >>> help. >>> >>>> On Thursday, January 11, 2018 at 4:08:40 AM UTC+11, Maria wrote: >>>> Annette: I also have ancestors that went to the gold fields in Victoria. >>>> The PROV - Public Records Office Victoria might be helpful. >>>> https://www.prov.vic.gov.au/explore-collection/where-start >>>> >>>> I found that my ancestors traveled in 1852 on the ship called the Water >>>> Lily in October. >>>> >>>> Another place I found them was The Creswick and Clunes Advertiser. The >>>> men in the goldfields took each other to court for just about " >>>> anything"and those records are in the newspapers. After I found all the >>>> times they were listed, I sent to the PROV to get copies of the articles. >>>> >>>> I also found through the Pioneer Index (I think it's called the "Diggers" >>>> i de. Where they married and the record of that giving details of where >>>> they came from. >>>> >>>> Subscribe to the Goldfields list. I don't know how you get on it since >>>> Rootsweb is down. It's like the Azores list. People on that list >>>> helped me by looking on the Pioneers index, found the ancestors and the >>>> marriage info. Learned the bride was abandoned by the first husband and >>>> she had a child of 8 years old who died and where he was buried. Learned >>>> she died within first year of marriage and eventually got photo of the >>>> grave marker. It's been special to get this info but it took detective >>>> work and a lot of people who helped. Write me if I can be of more help. >>>> >>>> There are others on this list who also have ancestors who went to the >>>> Goldfields in the same time frame. Maybe google Goldfields of Australia. >>>> (?) >>>> >>>> Best of luck >>>> >>>> Maria Elena >>>> >>>>> On Jan 10, 2018, at 10:47 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>> >>>>> It is very difficult to research Sao Miguel island with its 70 or so >>>>> parishes without knowing which parish your ancestor came from. Araujos >>>>> are all over Sao Miguel. >>>>> >>>>> I'd go to your local genealogy society and ask how to trace an immigrant >>>>> ancestor in Australia around 1850. Are there censuses, naturalizations, >>>>> or other documents that you can look at that might list your ancestor's >>>>> place of birth? Any Australian military records, his death record, his >>>>> obituary, etc? I'm not Australian so I'm not familiar with what you have >>>>> for resources to trace an immigrant ancestor. >>>>> >>>>> If that work turns up no more than Sao Miguel island, you could turn to >>>>> DNA. Understand though that it's not a magic wand. Sao Miguel island is >>>>> the largest and we have only a couple of DNA clusters so far on that >>>>> island. If you test and match a group of testees who are all researching >>>>> in a particular freguesia (village), then you'll know where to start >>>>> looking. However, it is most likely that you won't match a clear cluster, >>>>> but your results will sit there, attracting more matches over time. While >>>>> you play wait-and-see you can work other matches or force matches to >>>>> happen by testing other family members. If you do decide to go this >>>>> route, test the oldest person on your Araujo line. If that's one of your >>>>> parents, test your parent first. If your parents are deceased, but have a >>>>> living sibling, test them first. If your parents and their siblings are >>>>> all deceased, then you are the best candidate so you could test yourself. >>>>> You would want to order the Family Finder test at Family Tree DNA here: >>>>> https://goo.gl/i34dpE >>>>> >>>>> If your maiden name is Araujo, then we would want to test someone else >>>>> too and with a different kind of test in addition to the one above. >>>>> >>>>> Good luck, Cheri Mello >>>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >>>>> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>>>> >>>>>> On Wed, Jan 10, 2018 at 12:46 AM, Annette <[email protected]> wrote: >>>>>> Can anyone please tell me anything about my 2nd great grandfather, He >>>>>> was a farmer and married a lady called Antonia, who we don't know of her >>>>>> last name. >>>>>> I don't know what parish they came from, only it was Sao Miguel. >>>>>> My great grandfather's name was Francisco Batila De Araujo or De Araugo. >>>>>> He was born in 1832. >>>>>> Francisco ran away to sea when he was 16 years old and ended up on the >>>>>> gold fields as a miner in Bendigo Victoria Australia. >>>>>> I know of all the children Francisco had and the rest of the family. >>>>>> I'm hopeful that someone will know of him or the name De Araujo and what >>>>>> part of Sao Miguel they came from. >>>>>> >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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. >> > > -- > 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. 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