RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-29 Thread Sam Koester
ar Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 11:35 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work Sam , If your grandfather was an American citizen, then a US State Dept record might be found at Ancestry. I can't find the database righ

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-28 Thread eric edgar
toxicity in a cinnebar mine! I wonder what > the life expectancy of the miners was at the time. > > Nancy Jean > > -------------- > > From: sam...@surewest.net > To: azores@googlegroups.com > Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immig

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-28 Thread Sam Koester
. From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of nancy jean baptiste Sent: Friday, January 28, 2011 2:11 PM To: azores group Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work Sam, Your link is interesting.it mentions so many

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-28 Thread nancy jean baptiste
: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 19:43:15 -0700 Eric and Mary, In case you are interested, I found this information that might have something to do with my granddad’s mining work….. http

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-26 Thread Sam Koester
ehalf Of eric edgar Sent: Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:36 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work Sam, Over the hills from Milpitas to me means following Calaveras Road east into the Diablo Range south of Livermore, This has

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-26 Thread Sam Koester
hanks again for the link and information. Sam in Maz From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of eric edgar Sent: Wednesday, January 26, 2011 10:01 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work Here&#x

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-26 Thread eric edgar
ur information. Sam in Maz >> >> >> >> *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] *On >> Behalf Of *eric edgar >> *Sent:* Tuesday, January 25, 2011 10:36 AM >> >> *To:* azores@googlegroups.com >> *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genea

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-26 Thread eric edgar
sday, January 25, 2011 10:36 AM > > *To:* azores@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found > work > > > > Sam, > > > > Over the hills from Milpitas to me means following Calaveras Road east into > the Diablo Range south o

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-26 Thread Sam Koester
, January 25, 2011 10:36 AM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work Sam, Over the hills from Milpitas to me means following Calaveras Road east into the Diablo Range south of Livermore, This has long been a mining district. Coal

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-25 Thread Mary Bordi
On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Edward Rodrigues wrote: is there anyway you could scan the broadsheet and attach a copy? Edward Rodrigues I managed to scan one of the broadsheets of jobs. I sent a private email to Edward telling him where he can download the images, since he was very interes

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-25 Thread eric edgar
> From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf > Of > Mary Bordi > Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 2:59 PM > To: azores@googlegroups.com > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work > > Regarding Brokers and Jobbers

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-25 Thread Sam Koester
-Original Message- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Bordi Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 10:36 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:56 PM, Sam Koester wrote: >

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-25 Thread Edward Rodrigues
Thanks I hope to remind you if you forget. Edward Rodrigues On Jan 24, 2011, at 11:41 PM, Mary Bordi wrote: > > On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Edward Rodrigues wrote: > >> is there anyway you could scan the broadsheet and attach a copy? > > That occurred to me as I was typing in the few examples

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread Mary Bordi
On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:29 PM, Edward Rodrigues wrote: is there anyway you could scan the broadsheet and attach a copy? That occurred to me as I was typing in the few examples I gave. The paper is larger than my scanner, so I would have to stitch two scans together. I will put it on my li

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread Mary Bordi
On Jan 24, 2011, at 5:56 PM, Sam Koester wrote: I don't think this is too off subjectMy father told me his dad used to walk "over the hill" to the mines. At this point in time they lived in either Milpitas (San Jose, CA area). I think, from the back of my mind, that it was a sulfur m

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread Edward Rodrigues
is there anyway you could scan the broadsheet and attach a copy? Edward Rodrigues Mary Bordi On Jan 24, 2011, at 3:58 PM, Mary Bordi wrote: > Regarding Brokers and Jobbers-- > > I got an broadsheet published by Murray and Ready, SF California in August > 1905 that advertised (their words not m

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread Sam Koester
s? Thanks, Sam in Maz -Original Message- From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of Mary Bordi Sent: Monday, January 24, 2011 2:59 PM To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work Regarding Brokers a

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread Mary Bordi
Regarding Brokers and Jobbers-- I got an broadsheet published by Murray and Ready, SF California in August 1905 that advertised (their words not mine) "White male help of all kinds furnished free of charge". It was issued four times daily and I imagine posted various places for people to se

[AZORES-Genealogy] Brokers/Jobers, how immigrants found work

2011-01-24 Thread celeste perry
From: "eric edgar" To: azores@googlegroups.com Celeste.   Holt is still there on  Roberts Island on Highway 4 a few miles west of Stockton. It was the stop for the factory of Holt Manufacturing Company. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holt_Manufacturing_Company   This was a major asparagus fa