Hi Annie, Sao Miguel is the most populated island, holding half of the population of the Azores. Today, it's close to a quarter of a million people.
Ancestry.com won't have the records that you need. As I stated, they are on Tombo.pt. There's no guarantee that because your ancestors sailed from the port of Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel island that they were from there. People from both Sao Miguel as well as Santa Maria islands sailed from that port. However, if you were on any island and need to leave on the next available ship, you went to that port and left. Luckily, those are only a few cases and most people left from their home port. If you know the date that your immigrant ancestors arrived in America, you can search the "passaportes" LEAVING Sao Miguel island. Go here (click the British flag to navigate in English): https://tombo.pt/d/acores Scroll down to the port of Ponta Delgada. 1903 is split between two books. You'll have to scan the name column and look at every Margarida to see if she was born to the parents that you have. 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 2:36 PM Annie <[email protected]> wrote: > 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. > -- 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.
