Liliana,
Since you can not find any records at Ellis Island, try looking at
records form Providence, RI. I believe there is a book by Tepper listing
the arrivals. I also found my family arrivals on the internet. Sorry, I
do not know the website.
Joaquin Mendonca
On 2/20/2014 9:06 PM,
That is a tough one to answer, his first name in Portuguese is Joao As far as
his last name if I were to guess I would say Henrique but that does not seem
right. When you say (in the records), what records? In order to search the
islands in the Acores it is important to know the Freguesia
Liliana,
Go here for resources to trace your ancestor. Sooner or later, one of them
will turn up his Portuguese name.
http://goo.gl/SjJbRb
It took me 4 years and 25 documents before I turned up the freguesia
(village). That was before computers.
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching:
Could it have been Ayres? There are quite a few of these surnames from
Azores on Ancestry.com.
E
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote:
Liliana,
Go here for resources to trace your ancestor. Sooner or later, one of
them will turn up his Portuguese name.
-Genealogy] Americanized: John Harris
Could it have been Ayres? There are quite a few of these surnames from
Azores on Ancestry.com.
E
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote:
Liliana,
Go here for resources to trace your ancestor. Sooner or later, one
Could it be Areas or Areias? There are quite of few of these also. Can
you tell us a little more about him, wife,children, when born and where
lived in US? Maybe we can help you more.
E
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:29 AM, E Sharp bellema...@gmail.com wrote:
Could it have been Ayres? There
Also he just could of changed it to Harris to amercanize it with no
relations to his real last name. There are cousins who were original
SILVA's that changed their last name to HOWARD for business purposes.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:39 AM, E Sharp bellema...@gmail.com wrote:
Could it be Areas
I've got my fingers crossed that he didn't do that...or if he did, I can
find other records with his actual birth name. Thanks for the thought,
though.
On Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:07:44 AM UTC-8, Pam Santos wrote:
Also he just could of changed it to Harris to amercanize it with no
You are all so wonderful! Thank you. Ayres, Areas, and Areias sound like
the best leads I've had so far. I will try the resource Cheri mentioned. A
friend has also given me links to church birth/baptism and death records. I
will start by looking for those names on the island of Sao Jorge. The
Thanks for the thoughts, Rick. My biggest obstacle is not having any
records that refer to his origins on Sao Jorge. I only have a notation in
the family Bible: John Harris, born on Sao Jorge, the Western Islands, and
the same on his marriage certificate. I have no idea which village he came
itten about it on my website:www.dholmes.com/dna.htmlGood luck.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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