Rachel, you're welcome and good luck! Margaret
On Mon, Jun 14, 2010 at 9:50 AM, Cohen, Rachel F [USA] <cohen_rac...@bah.com > wrote: > Thanks, Margaret. Yes, I’ve seen both of these sites and incorporated > the info (some of these cousins/aunts/uncles are still alive, which helps), > but neither site quite gets me to the family linkages in the Azores and > Morocco. My great-uncle and I spent some time this weekend on the tree, but > even he doesn’t know his great-grandparents’ names… he knows about as much > as I do! Only the names of the people who migrated here… his grandparents. > I’m stuck at that point! > > > > I’m going to try and get to the Library of Congress in the next couple of > weeks to review the Abecassis Genealogia volumes, which I hope will finally > help me make the connections back to the family in the “old country.” > > > > Shirl… I’ll see what I can get on the Bensabat/Benarus/Serique family > connections, too! > > > > Thank you for taking the time to research it, Margaret! > > > > Regards, > > Rachel > > *From:* azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azo...@googlegroups.com] *On > Behalf Of *Margaret Vicente > *Sent:* Monday, June 14, 2010 1:21 AM > *To:* azores@googlegroups.com > *Subject:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Azores to Brazil - > Seriqui/Bensabat/Benarus > > > > Hi, I did a quick google search on "Cohen" in the Azores and the > following links may be of interest. > > > > http://www.abecasis.info/gen_portugal2.htm > > > > http://freepages.genealogy.rootsweb.ancestry.com/~leebrick/d52.htm#P5362 > > > > > > On Sun, Jun 13, 2010 at 10:48 PM, Shirley Sereque <sh...@photix.com> > wrote: > > Hi, Rachel! > I'm also interested in the Bensabats but didn't know they moved back and > forth between Morocco and the Azores, which means you have more info than I > do! > - Shirl - > > 2010/6/10 Cohen, Rachel F [USA] <cohen_rac...@bah.com <mailto: > cohen_rac...@bah.com>> > > It is a Sephardic Jewish surname. I would be interested in other > Sephardic Jews in the Azores (Sao Miguel, primarily) with the > surnames Cohen (Fortunato, Simy and Rebecca (could be Rivka)) who > emigrated to the States at the turn of the last century, as well > as their friends and my other family members... Bensabats (moved > back and forth between Morocco and the Azores), Bibas, and > Faraches. They were primarily in the cigar industry, I believe, > which is what allowed them to move around. Many went to S. > America. I have had the hardest time tracking the Cohens in Sao > Miguel, however. > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<azores%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the > right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my > membership." > > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<azores%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com<azores%2bunsubscr...@googlegroups.com>. > Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. > For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail > (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at > http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right > that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." > -- To unsubscribe from this group, send email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership."
