Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] emigration from Sao Jorge

2014-07-28 Thread Cheri Mello
KML, Basically, people came for a better life. Some came alone, some came with others. You'd have to research your ship's manifest to figure out if she knew the others. I have never heard of any train manifests existing. Very few wagon train manifests exists. The only ones I know about are

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] emigration from Sao Jorge

2014-07-28 Thread 'Frank or JoElayne Johnson' via Azores Genealogy
Check the newspapers at the local to which she was traveling. Sometimes they would tell who arrived on the train. Do you know where in California? Some locations had newspapers in Portuguese. Good luck!   JoElayne Ferre' Johnson On Monday, July 28, 2014 9:58 AM, Cheri Mello

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] emigration from Sao Jorge

2014-07-27 Thread Hermano C. Pires
She could have been hired and sponsored by someone. Just one of a few scenarios. Hermano Date: Sun, 27 Jul 2014 07:53:11 -0700 From: azores@googlegroups.com To: azores@googlegroups.com Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] emigration from Sao Jorge Under what circumstances or conditions would a single