Yes, I know he did and because they were married i'm assuming but only a little that she did too. Part of my problem is that most of the dates the family had on him are off a little, i'm thinking because he couldn't read our write his knowledge of the calendar isn't that great. I'm working on putting in a FOIA request for his and her naturalization records. I've much better luck with her because of Elaines help and i'm cousins thru my grt grt grandma with Doug da Rocha Holmes. But as for Antonio Silveira Pereira there is a huge road block. Thanks for your info on the sites and books Cheri, helpful as always....Mike On Aug 17, 2012 1:22 AM, "Steven McNamara" <skmcnam...@comcast.net> wrote:
> Mike**** > > ** ** > > Did your gg grandparents become US citizens? If so the naturalization > papers used to contain the name of the ship and date/place the immigrant > arrived.**** > > ** ** > > I searched for 5 years for my grandfather-in-law Joseph S. Viera on a > passenger list from Faial. While researching his brother’s citizenship > papers it listed he came over on the Peninsular May 17, 1902 in New York. > I checked the records on Ancestry and they didn’t even have the ship list > for that trip. I then checked the Ellis Island site and there I found the > whole family under the wife’s maiden name Silva. **** > > ** ** > > Good Luck!**** > > ** ** > > Steven**** > > -- > 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." -- 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."
