Anthony S, You have to find out which island. It's just the way it is organized there. That's how they do their records. I don't know how it works in Australia, but I'm sure if I wrote to the main Australian government and said I want the birth certificate of my long lost cousin who went to Australia, they couldn't help me. I'm sure I'd need a location for them to pull a record for me. You need a location in the Azores.
All occupations existed in the 1860s. Laborers, farmers, fisherman, servants, merchants, teachers, etc. No tech jobs, no electricians, no plumbers, as those things just didn't exist. I believe schooling was very limited and was only for the well to do. Schooling for the common people didn't start happening until sometime in the 1900s. You need to find every possible record that your immigrant ancestor may have left in Australia. You need at least an island. If you have exhausted that, then you will need to turn to DNA and you will need to test the oldest family members you can find and you will have to test multiple family members in order to get enough of your immigrant's DNA to figure out the puzzle. Good luck, Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- 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. To view this discussion on the web visit https://groups.google.com/d/msgid/azores/CAKUUw_HRT0rQ%2BeFXFSuH3zVvfD003RE85o1mmE-SHLG05HgP4A%40mail.gmail.com.
