Michael and Gordon, You are both welcome!
Sent from my iPhone > On Mar 24, 2018, at 7:28 AM, Michael Emmett <[email protected]> wrote: > > Margaret, cannot thank you enough for your kind consideration in this matter. > I am humbled by the generosity of the entire community. The wealth of > knowledge and insight shared by contributors restores faith in humanity. > When I asked about Universities possibly involved in studies of history of > the Azores, I envisaged only those with Portuguese affiliations and > connections. I have had the honour to visit York University, only for an > hour, in 2012. > > Since my original request I have managed to get three reference books on the > subject. > > Warm regards and many thanks > Mike > > Sent from my iPad > >> On 24 Mar 2018, at 2:06 AM, Gordon soares <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> 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 a topic in the >> Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. >> To unsubscribe from this topic, visit >> https://groups.google.com/d/topic/azores/iL0C6yZq-yI/unsubscribe. >> To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
