No kidding. I've also learned never to trust "hints" on Ancestry!

Yes, I have now been informed on the Sandwich Islands. Thank you!

On Wed, 6 Mar 2019 at 15:21, Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote:

> 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
>>>
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