[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel

2014-03-10 Thread Aaron Pereira
. < Hello, SS Republic, from St Michael's (March 15th, 1904), to Boston, March 22nd, 1904.. the passenger manifest is 8 pages long, and exceeds the upload limit of this group. you can email me, pereirah...@gmail.com or, Ancestry.com has the list, select individual port o

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel

2014-03-10 Thread Aaron Pereira
Hello, SS Peninsular, sailed from Sao Miguel, May 24th, 1899, then stopped at Faial Island, May 25th (they spelled it Fayal), next stop was Terceira, May 26th, then Flores May 29th, and finally on to New York, June 6ththat must've been a nice trip, even better if you had boarded in Sa

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel

2014-03-10 Thread Dano
The more stops the ship made probably likened it more to purgatory for the passengers, than a sightseeing trip. Most Azorians were not wealthy and so were berthed in steerage. Anyone that travelled that way would probably tell you that it was chaotic with entire families packed in to small quart

[AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel

2014-03-11 Thread Candice Kiss
Thank you all very much for your posts in reply! Candice On Sunday, March 9, 2014 10:00:38 PM UTC-4, Candice Kiss wrote: > Hello! > > Wondering, please, if someone might be able to help me locate manifests > for two ships arriving from Sao Miguel as follows: > > June 6, 1899 - New York > M

RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel

2014-03-10 Thread pico
Just a guess, but perhaps it was because they also picked up some materials to take from Horta to Angra.Doug da Rocha HolmesSacramento, CaliforniaPico & Terceira Genealogist916-550-1618www.dholmes.com Original Message Subject: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel

2014-03-10 Thread Cheri Mello
My ancestor immigrated in 1903 on the Peninsular. He told his son about it. He said it was terrible down there. Seasick people and it really smelled. Not pleasant at all. And it took 2 weeks! I can't remember if I read about the regulations in Michael C. Tepper's "American Passenger Arrival Re

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel

2014-03-11 Thread rondo ranch
ect: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel > >The more stops the ship made probably likened it more to purgatory for the >passengers, than a sightseeing trip. Most Azorians were not wealthy and so >were berthed in steerage. Anyone that travelled that way would pro

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel

2014-03-11 Thread Dano
Rondo, that's not the history of the Azores - Azoreans didn't travel anywhere unless there was an absolute need to. Their lives weren't much above subsistence level, so, they weren't into sightseeing, they were into survival. -- For options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Ma

Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel

2014-03-12 Thread rondo ranch
rd. D -Original Message- >From: Dano >Sent: Mar 11, 2014 1:54 PM >To: azores@googlegroups.com >Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Two ship manifests from Sao Miguel > >Rondo, that's not the history of the Azores - Azoreans didn't travel anywhere >unless