Liliana,
Since you can not find any records at Ellis Island, try looking at
records form Providence, RI. I believe there is a book by Tepper listing
the arrivals. I also found my family arrivals on the internet. Sorry, I
do not know the website.
Joaquin Mendonca
On 2/20/2014 9:06 PM,
@googlegroups.com] On Behalf Of
Liliana Harris
Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2014 9:51 PM
To: azores@googlegroups.com
Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Americanized: John Harris
I'm brand to new genealogy, so I hope the experts out there will forgive some
basic questions. All I know at this point is that my great
You need a little more info than St. Jorge,to be able to identify where to
look. Was St. Jorge the island of St. Jorge, or the parish of St. Jorge, on
some other island? Start with the most recent data you have, plug that into an
immigration website such as the Ellis Island foundation.org, and
Liliana,
Go here for resources to trace your ancestor. Sooner or later, one of them
will turn up his Portuguese name.
http://goo.gl/SjJbRb
It took me 4 years and 25 documents before I turned up the freguesia
(village). That was before computers.
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching:
Could it have been Ayres? There are quite a few of these surnames from
Azores on Ancestry.com.
E
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote:
Liliana,
Go here for resources to trace your ancestor. Sooner or later, one of
them will turn up his Portuguese name.
-Genealogy] Americanized: John Harris
Could it have been Ayres? There are quite a few of these surnames from
Azores on Ancestry.com.
E
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 8:49 AM, Cheri Mello gfsche...@gmail.com wrote:
Liliana,
Go here for resources to trace your ancestor. Sooner or later, one
Could it be Areas or Areias? There are quite of few of these also. Can
you tell us a little more about him, wife,children, when born and where
lived in US? Maybe we can help you more.
E
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:29 AM, E Sharp bellema...@gmail.com wrote:
Could it have been Ayres? There
Also he just could of changed it to Harris to amercanize it with no
relations to his real last name. There are cousins who were original
SILVA's that changed their last name to HOWARD for business purposes.
On Thu, Feb 20, 2014 at 9:39 AM, E Sharp bellema...@gmail.com wrote:
Could it be Areas
I've got my fingers crossed that he didn't do that...or if he did, I can
find other records with his actual birth name. Thanks for the thought,
though.
On Thursday, February 20, 2014 11:07:44 AM UTC-8, Pam Santos wrote:
Also he just could of changed it to Harris to amercanize it with no
You are all so wonderful! Thank you. Ayres, Areas, and Areias sound like
the best leads I've had so far. I will try the resource Cheri mentioned. A
friend has also given me links to church birth/baptism and death records. I
will start by looking for those names on the island of Sao Jorge. The
, 2014 9:51 PM
*To:* azo...@googlegroups.com javascript:
*Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Americanized: John Harris
I'm brand to new genealogy, so I hope the experts out there will forgive
some basic questions. All I know at this point is that my
great-grandfather's name was John Harris
itten about it on my website:www.dholmes.com/dna.htmlGood luck.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Americanized: John Harris
From: Liliana Harris lilianah...@gmail.com
Date: Th
I'm brand to new genealogy, so I hope the experts out there will forgive
some basic questions. All I know at this point is that my
great-grandfather's name was John Harris (in the records) and he was from
Sao Jorge. Any ideas on what his Portuguese (birth) name might have been?
Thanks!
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