Are there any passports, online, from 1880? If so, where can I find that link? Thanks!
Pat McCoy ================================================================ On 8/23/12, Richard Francis Pimentel <rfrancispimen...@comcast.net> wrote: > Hi Lester, > > > > Passports were required to travel (leave) the Acores. Only the ones from > Sao > Miguel are on line. I would not assume he left by other means It could be > the name is wrong or perhaps the writing was bad and you missed it. If you > found his brothers then you know the council and village he came from I > would search the columns for everyone that came from that village. Can you > determine his arrival date in the US? If you can then I would go to the > passport records and start searching back from that date it most likely is > within a week of leaving the Acores. > > > > I do remember two men that applied with my great grandfather the same day. > All their names were together and they were all from the same village. The > ship sailed a week later. When the ship arrived in NY only my Great > grandfather and one of them was on the ship. The other man must have had > second thoughts about leaving. > > > > Rick > > > > Richard Francis Pimentel > > Spring, TX > > Formerly of Epping, New Hampshire > > > > Researching, Riberia Grande, Riberinha Ponta Delgada, and Achada Grande, > Bretanha, Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel, Acores > > > > From: azores@googlegroups.com [mailto:azores@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of > Lester > Sent: Thursday, August 23, 2012 8:07 PM > To: azores@googlegroups.com > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] General Questions about Passports > > > > Questions about passports: > > > > 1. Were passports required to leave the Azores? > > > > 2. I have been looking through the "Registo de Passaportes" for a person > who left the Azores in 1904-1905. If his name does not appear in the > register, can I assume that he left through other, unconventional means? > > > > 3. There was a passport for an older brother issued in 1905 and probably > not used by him. Is it likely that his younger brother used this passport > to travel to the United States? > > > > Thanks! > > -- > 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." -- 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."
