What was helpful for me was -
Azores: Nine Islands, One History = Açores: Nove Ilhas, Uma Historia 1st Edition https://www.amazon.com/Azores-Islands-History-Açores-Historia/dp/0981933602 ''This work depicts the insular experience of the Azores since its settlement until the present day, attentively following a chronological line that begins in the XV century and ends in 2008. The settlement of the islands, their incipient political and administrative structures and main economic activities, the organisation of an insular society and the beliefs and religious sensibilities are some of the themes that are rigorously explored. Its principal purpose is to inform readers about the principal aspects of insular history. This is a concise history easily accessible to the public in general notwithstanding the author's assurance that it is a scientific work." Best regards, grace Searching family names on the island Sao Miguel, Acores- Pacheco Sant'Anna, Pacheco-Moniz, Pacheco da Silva, Pereira, Figueira, da Costa Canario, Carvalho, de Medeiros, de Melo, Vieira, da Silva, de Viveiros, Tavares, Arruda, de Arruda, Futado Teixeira Primary villages on the island of San Miguel, Azores- Furnas, Maia, Lomba da Maia, Porto Formoso, and Nordeste -----Original Message----- From: Michael Emmett <michaelsemm...@gmail.com> To: azores <azores@googlegroups.com> Sent: Sat, Apr 7, 2018 11:22 am Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Pico History and Portuguese Customs 1825 Thank you so much Angela. The people in this discussion group are amazing. Makes me very proud of my Portuguese ancestry. Kind regards Michael Sent from my iPad On 30 Mar 2018, at 6:25 AM, Ângela Loura <angelalo...@gmail.com> wrote: This book is from 1834, but still usefull for what you are looking for, ebook available at Google Books: A Description of the Azores, Or Western Islands, Edward Boid. https://play.google.com/store/books/details?id=tygOAAAAQAAJ A quinta, 29 de mar de 2018, 17:12, Steve Peters <spp1...@gmail.com> escreveu: On Saturday, March 17, 2018 at 10:07:32 AM UTC-7, Mickey Blue wrote: Hi All, can anyone direct me to book(s) or information, hopefully translated into English, which describe social customs and life in general on Pico in 1825/35 when my Great grandfather Manuel Jacinto was born and left Pico? Were children of that era literate? Was school available to all? What work was expected of children under 10 years of age? Why would a ten year old leave home? Are there shipping records to Trinidad or Madeira (he possibly went to Madeira first). Hi Mike, Some books that might be helpful to you: Stormy Isles (aka Mal Tempo no Canal) by Vitorino Nemésio - the classic Azorean epic novel set in 19th century Faial (just across the channel from Pico); I honestly found it a bit tedious, but there is a lot of detail about the culture of that era. Dark Stones by Jose Dias de Melo - good short novel about growing up on Pico. Home Is an Island by Alfred Lewis - novel about growing up on Flores in the early 20th century and emigrating to California. Azoreans to California by Robert Santos is a good history of Azorean emigration, and has pertinent info about the conditions that caused people to leave in the 19th century. A lot of 19th century Azoreans - not just children - were illiterate. People were very poor and education was a luxury, and this lasted well into the 20th century. (The fascist dictator Salazar actively encouraged the myth of the "happy, noble/ignorant peasants" who were too simple to ask annoying political questions; his regime ruled until 1974.) Children were often put to work at an early age, farming or as shepherds, and in the whale processing plants, and when they were old enough they also went out on the shore-whaling boats. Many people had large families and could not afford to feed their kids, and boys who were old enough were often sent off on foreign whaling ships by their parents, or they left on their own. This was often done secretly at night, because there were military patrols watching for draft-age stowaways leaving illegally; there was mandatory military service for boys 14 and older - another incentive for taking off on a whaler. Hope there's something helpful in there for you. Steve -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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