Hi Thank you! I only know that they left Sao Miguel in 1903 and, I blieve, were from Sao Miguel, but I don’t know what village. I was hoping that there might be some records in Sao Miguel of my grandmother’s parents.
I hardly see any village names on records in ancestry.com. i was hoping there might be additional population records in Sao Miguel. :-( ☹️ Ill keep digging, but no village names in any recods so far.. of rither my grandparents or even their parents. thank you! Annie Sent from my iPhone > On May 4, 2019, at 4:56 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > > Hi Annie, > > The Azores are comprised of 9 islands. You need to narrow down the island > first, then find the village. Everything there is organized by the freguesia > (village). > > The Azorean government digitized their records. Many freguesias go to the > year 1911 and a few only go to 1905. The records can be accessed through > Tombo.pt. Click the British flag if you need to navigate in English. None of > this will be useful unless you have a freguesia. It would be like a European > telling you there ancestor was born in the United States. There's no > comprehensive index for that. Most of America is organized on the state level > with New England organized on the town level. > > Good luck, > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > >> On Sat, May 4, 2019 at 1:51 PM <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> Hello: >> My grandmother's name is Margarida Benevides Cabral. I think her parents >> were Joao Benevides Cabral and his wife Marie F. Benevides Cabral. >> They came to Boston in 1903 onn the SS Commonwealth and headed to Fall >> River, MA. >> My grandmother was born in August 1898 or 1899. >> >> I am traveling soon to Ponta Del Gada . >> >> Is there a place that I should look i.e. City Hall or elsewhere , that might >> have more information than what I can currently get on Ancestry. com? >> >> I'm trying to find her birth place. >> >> Thank you. >> Annie >> -- >> 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. -- 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.
