Hi Eliseu, Thank you. This is interesting and confirms what I was thinking. You have been *so* helpful.
Liliana On Monday, April 14, 2014 4:18:39 AM UTC-7, Eliseu Pacheco da Silva wrote: > Hi Liliana, > > > > The last column name is OBS (Observações = Remarks) It says “Afiançado > para o recrutamento”. This means that he has paid the bail for the army, so > he could leave abroad. > > > > Hope it helps. > > > > *De:* azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> [mailto: > azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>] *Em nome de *Liliana Harris > *Enviada:* domingo, 13 de Abril de 2014 18:07 > *Para:* azo...@googlegroups.com <javascript:> > *Assunto:* Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Translating Passport Records > > > > Thank you, Cheri, that is helpful. It's fortunate that the Ponta Delgada > records are the ones on-line. > > > > I'll wait to see if anyone can translate the notation in that last column > for the boys between 15 and 18. > > On Saturday, April 12, 2014 9:31:13 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: > > The 3 ports for the Azores are Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel island, Angra > on Terceira island, and Horta on Faial island. I don't know if it was > called a passaporte office, but people did register at the port. > Generally, they left from the port closest to home. NOTE: I said > generally. Someone from Corvo (closest port would be Horta) could go all > the way over to Ponta Delgada (the furthest port) to emigrate out of the > Azores. Since you are looking for people from Santa Maria island, the > nearest port would be Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel island so I'd start there. > > You know more about the military conscription than I do. > > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > -- > For 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." > --- > You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups > "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an > email to azores+un...@googlegroups.com <javascript:>. > Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores. > -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
