Hi Doreen, No passports found. Yes, I should look into the port of entry records - if easily acessible online. I live 200 kms from the city of Rio de Janeiro, which was the federal capital until the 50's. I will contact João Ventura. Thank you.
Best regards, Alex Em sábado, 29 de julho de 2017 11:08:20 UTC-3, doreencaetano escreveu: > > You could look at the passport records? I know that when my great > grandfather entered the Brazil he had a passport entry from Terceira to > Lisbon then to Brazil. He had a Port of Entry record at RJ. Both did not > give much information but narrowed the span of years I needed to search. > Maybe talk to Joao Ventura he might recognize the family names and direct > you to a possible village. Also he know were certain families settle in > Brazil and that might help you locate more information. Good luck with your > search. Doreen > > > > Sent from Mail <https://go.microsoft.com/fwlink/?LinkId=550986> for > Windows 10 > > > > *From: *Alexandre de Paula <javascript:> > *Sent: *Friday, July 28, 2017 9:38 AM > *To: *Azores Genealogy <javascript:> > *Subject: *[AZORES-Genealogy] Searching for the Birth or Baptism > Certificate ofmy Great-grandparents > > > > Dear All, > > > > Please, help if you can! > > I am searching for the Birth or Baptism Certificate of my > Great-grandparents, who have immigrated to Brazil. Antonio Gomes(z?) de > Figueiredo, and his wife, Rosa de Almeida Figueiredo. > > His Parents: José de Figueiredo e Justina Gomes. > > Her Parents: Manoel Rodrigues e Joaquina de Almeida. > > I have my Grandmother’s birth certificate, which has the names mentioned > above, and that they are Portuguese - attached. > > Note that my Grandmother was born in 1901 in Brazil. Her Parents may have > been born between 1860 and 1885. > > The majority of my closest Family Tree DNA Cousins are from the Azores. > > Thank you. > > > > Cordially, > > Alexandre > > -- > 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. > > > -- 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
