Mike, Although this may not address your question, York University, and the University of Toronto have conducted a studies on the islands you may find some answers here, have a look.
http://www.yorku.ca/ccars/files/history/AzoresNineislandsOneHistory.pdf Here's a small portion about the island of Pico: " The highest percentage ofJewish'lgenes is found in the Central group ofislands. The settlement of Pico may explain this, for the presence of Jews in the ilha montanha [mountain island] goes back to 1503.39 This presence reflects the fact that, in ~496, King Manuel I of Portugal expelled all Jewish families who had not conVerted to Catholicism. At this time, the Azores would have been an attractive de~tin1!tion for three reasons: the archipelago was distant from the mainland; royal authority was virtually nonexistent, which meant that Jewish exiles could'fuaintain their religion; and the islands offered the possibility of developing commercial, fmancial and industrial activities. Such activities did in fact happen, not so much on Pico, but on Sao Miguel and Terceira." Best, Margaret On Thu, Mar 22, 2018 at 1:14 AM, Mickey Blue <michaelsemm...@gmail.com> wrote: > Cheri, thanks again for your help. You always seem to know the right > answer or where to look. I have just discovered a couple of books I'm > trying to get from Amazon on the subject too. As you have mentioned, it > seems any big social changes happened after or around 1900. I think the > world was possibly getting new social mores and of course, universal > education was changing lives and opening new horizons for working people. > > I would love to visit one day, but I think that may be a year or two off > yet. > > If anyone elso has more information I would appreciate all you might know > or where to find out. Are there Universities which might specalise in > studies of Azores, history and customs of the early 1800s, does anyone know? > > Thank again. > > Warm regards > Mike > > -- > 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. > -- Margaret M Vicente -- 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.
