Margaret Thanks so much for that reference from York University. Fascinating and quite interesting. Gordon Soares
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 22, 2018, at 1:27 PM, Margaret Vicente <[email protected]> > wrote: > > Mike, > > Although this may not address your question, York University, and the > University of Toronto have conducted a studies on the islands you may find > some answers here, have a look. > > http://www.yorku.ca/ccars/files/history/AzoresNineislandsOneHistory.pdf > > Here's a small portion about the island of Pico: > > " The highest percentage ofJewish'lgenes is found in the Central group > ofislands. The settlement of Pico may explain this, for the presence of Jews > in the ilha montanha [mountain island] goes back to 1503.39 This presence > reflects the fact that, in ~496, King Manuel I of Portugal expelled all > Jewish families who had not conVerted to Catholicism. At this time, the > Azores would have been an attractive de~tin1!tion for three reasons: the > archipelago was distant from the mainland; royal authority was virtually > nonexistent, which meant that Jewish exiles could'fuaintain their religion; > and the islands offered the possibility of developing commercial, fmancial > and industrial activities. Such activities did in fact happen, not so much on > Pico, but on Sao Miguel and Terceira." > > Best, > Margaret > >> On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 1:14 AM, Mickey Blue <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> Cheri, thanks again for your help. You always seem to know the right answer >> or where to look. I have just discovered a couple of books I'm trying to get >> from Amazon on the subject too. As you have mentioned, it seems any big >> social changes happened after or around 1900. I think the world was possibly >> getting new social mores and of course, universal education was changing >> lives and opening new horizons for working people. >> >> I would love to visit one day, but I think that may be a year or two off yet. >> >> If anyone elso has more information I would appreciate all you might know or >> where to find out. Are there Universities which might specalise in studies >> of Azores, history and customs of the early 1800s, does anyone know? >> >> Thank again. >> >> Warm regards >> Mike >> >> -- >> 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.
