Thanks Fred
That bit about crossing the equator and the payment for a burial rings a
bell with me now. My Grandmother used to tell me something similar but she
also told me lots of things that have turned out to be wrong. I thought
there might be something specific to the Azores about boys
Hi Cheri
Thank you for all that information. I have read how the American whaling
industry gave young Azorean men the opportunity of joining a boat and
leaving the islands, thus avoiding mandatory military service at that time.
(circa 1870). As I cannot find any record of his arrival in
Hi Diane D,
No, I don't know anything about gold earrings indicating someone was
working as a sailor.
Sorry,
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
Achada
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Hi
Are these passport records available prior to 1879 which are the only ones
I can find? I am looking for the emigration of my GGrandfather Joaquim
Machado Pereira who left there circa 1870. He was in Australia by 1875 but
the family said he previously went to Hawaii on a whaling boat.
I
Diane D,
Here is what exists at the 3 archives for the Azorean Passaportes
(emigration OUT of the Azores) Someday, they will all be online at the CCA
web site:
*District archive of Horta*: 1836-1939; since 1856 they are indexed and
give
the towns or parishes of birth.
*District archive of Angra
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