[AZORES-Genealogy] Footnote Lookup

2009-09-02 Thread Liz
Hi all, Can anyone do a footnote lookup - I keep hitting the dreaded brick wall. I am trying another angle on my search for the Lajes do Pico sisters (Maria & Francisca). Their parents were Maria Sao Jose and Manuel Machado. I am wondering if it is possible that they used their mothers maiden

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Return permit

2009-09-02 Thread Jason Fraga
Hi Calvena- Not sure? I do have relatives in the Antioch area. I only became aware of them in the past year, so Siskiyou is certainly a possibility. Jay _ From: calvena ainsworth [mailto:tahoet...@hotmail.com] Sent: Wednesday, September 02, 2009 8:02 PM To: azores@goog

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Return permit

2009-09-02 Thread calvena ainsworth
Hi Jason...Are you by any chance related to the Fragas that settled in Siskiyou county CA? Marek Calvena Ainsworth > From: jay_fr...@applimetrix.com > To: azores@googlegroups.com > Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Return permit > Date: Wed, 2 Sep 2009 15:48:33 -0400 > > > I got lucky

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Return permit

2009-09-02 Thread Jason Fraga
I got lucky on this one- it was in a handful of family papers that were passed to me last summer. I've not been able to find a copy of it anywhere else, which makes me glad that somebody hung onto it! Jay - Original Message - From: ""E" Sharp" To: Sent: Wednesday, September 02,

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Return permit

2009-09-02 Thread "E" Sharp
Jay, Thanks for the reply. It is really cool to see the actual document, which included a picture, also. Did you send for this or were you one of the lucky ones whose family kept these papers? "E" On Wed, Sep 2, 2009 at 11:26 AM, Jason Fraga wrote: > I believe that the attached document is a

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Return permit

2009-09-02 Thread "E" Sharp
OK, I found an explanation of this at http://www.jewishgen.org/infofiles/Manifests/name/ and it is called a Reentry permit. I guess this is something our ancestors could do after 1924 to ensure easy access back into the US. So this tells me they had not yet been granted citizenship, otherwise th

[AZORES-Genealogy] Return permit

2009-09-02 Thread bellemarco
I am looking at a ship's manifest for someone who came from Portugal to the US, went back for a visit and was returning to the US again and on the manifest it has a the following: 9868 Wash 10/27/24 Ret. Permit. Since I am assuming Ret. means return what is this return permit? Is the number a

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: BRICK WALL Brio

2009-09-02 Thread Marek Delacroix
Donna, Thank you for the info...I will have to check it out and see if that is her. Yes...they do still celebrate Holy Ghost Festival there in Hawkinsville...every year it is smaller and smaller as the old timers pass on.  My dad use to be a big part of it until he passed in 1986.  Marek ___