On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:19 PM, <gracefalc...@aol.com> wrote:

>  Before air travel and not counting those that sailed the whaling boats,
> when our Azorean ancestors traveled from the Azores to United States I am
> assuming most of them un boarded on the east coast (New Bedford, Boston, New
> York) and took a train to the west coast.
>
> (1) Were the train stations near the ports?
>
> (2) What routes did most of them take to get across the United States to
> get to their destinations.
>
> (3) Any thing else of interest you may have regarding this journey would be
> helpful.
>
> thank-you for your time.
>
> grace falcone
>
> Family names-Pacheco Santana, Moniz, Cabral, Carvalho, da Costa Canario,
> Vieira de Silva, Tavares, Arruda  (villages-Furnas, Maia, Porto
> Formosa-Riberia Grande and Sao Pedro-Nordestinho, Sao Miguel, Azores)
>
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