Leonor, it does say Isla de Sandwich which is what the Hawaiian Islands were known as because they were 'discovered' by the Earl of Sandwich. The Azores Islands were known as the 'Western Islands' in the USA for a long time. When I was first starting to do my research I thought it meant Hawaii,that's West of California, right?! Never assume, that should be everones motto. Rosemarie [email protected] Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily
On Wed, Mar 6, 2019 at 10:57 AM <[email protected]> wrote: > I just searched it and it's a name that was given to Hawaii......I had > never heard or seen this before. > > On Wednesday, 6 March 2019 13:55:10 UTC-5, [email protected] wrote: >> >> Can someone please tell me if this says "natural das Ilhas de Sandwich"? >> If so, does anybody know where that is? If not, can someone please correct >> me! >> >> Thanks. >> >> >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1906-1911/SMG-LG-ROSARIO-B-1906-1911_item1/P168.html >> > -- > 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.
