Thank you very much. That is great information. I'm hopeful this is my Anna, but I've been down false trails before.
On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 5:20:30 PM UTC-7, linda wrote: > > Hi Kimberly, > > Welcome! Here's a crib sheet for the passport page you posted to help get > you started. I hope this helps in your search. It [mostly] gets easier > after you find the right village. > > ---------------------- > > Ano/Year: 1884 > Mes/Month: September > Dia/Day: 5 > > Passport number: 461 > > Nomes/Names: Anna da Gloria > Estado/Status: solteira/single > Professao/Profession: gov.o dom.co [I read this as "governo de sua > domestico", i.e., "keeper of her own house"; this phrase is used in > marriage records of this period, and means, I believe, engaged full time in > household duties/chores but not employed outside the family] > Edade/Age: 16 > > Signaes/Characteristics > Altura/Height: 1,53 = 1 meter 53 cm > Resto/????: Comp.?? > Cabello/Hair: Cast.o = castanho/brown > ?????: Cast.o = castanho/brown > Olhos/Eyes: Cast.o = castanho/brown > Nari??/Nose?: regular > Bocca/Mouth: regular > Cor??/Color??: N.al = natural??? [perhaps meaning "white"?] > > Destino/Destination: E U d'Am.ca = Estados Unidos d'America/ USA > > Quem leva en sua companhia/Who they take with them: BLANK > > Naturalidade/Birthplace > Ilha/Island: Fayal/Faial > Conselho/Council: Hurta?/Horta > Freguezia/Village: Cedros/Cedros > > Sabe escrever/Knows how to write: nao/no > > Nome do Navio/Ship Name: Veronica > > Observacoes/Observations [Distinguishing Marks]: BLANK [the line above > says the fellow has a blondish beard and a scar of some sort] > ----------------------- > > > > Also, many of the ships from the Azores landed at the immigration stations > at Boston, so you might have luck searching those ship lists through > Ancestry.com or Steve Morse's OneStep site. > > Best wishes, > > Linda > > > > On Sunday, June 7, 2015 at 2:23:53 PM UTC-7, Kimberly Reeve wrote: >> >> Here is the link >> http://culturacores.azores.gov.pt/biblioteca_digital/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1876-1889/PASSAPORTES-FAL-1876-1889_item1/P162.html >> >>> >>> -- 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.
