I've been. Took a boat from Faial. Flew to Fayal from SaoMiguel
Great taxi driver probably same price as renting a car
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> Have any of you already been to Pico?
>
> I have an old buddy who went and said you have to take an
Have any of you already been to Pico?
I have an old buddy who went and said you have to take another boat or a
small plane from San Miguel. If so, would it be in my best interest to rent
a vehicle when there, hire a driver, or bring a folding bike to get around
( I'm an avid biker and can deal wit
Thanks for reminding me Susan. We have taken Ryanair lots of time within
Europe. It is a low cost carrier but you have to pay for extras. Never had a
problem with them. Might just fly to London and do that. I think they might
also do Lisbon to SM. Need to check it out. Spend a couple of days in
houldn't be any problem getting to Pico in August andyou can book with SATA
> through to Pico.
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> Nancy Jean
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> Mello
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Thank you for replies. Still under consideration but have to motivate the other
half. NJ will let you know if we finally decide to make the trip if you're
still in the area.
"E"
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Shouldn't be any problem getting to Pico in August andyou can book with SATA
through to Pico.
Nancy Jean
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I think you can get from Terceira to Pico by either boat or plane. SATA is
the inter-island carrier. There's some talk of them striking though.
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente,
Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
On Fri, Jun 9, 20
Thank you both for your reply!
On Friday, February 10, 2017 at 6:20:17 PM UTC-6, Jeremy G. B-C wrote:
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> The trip from New York to Sao Miguel took 5 days in 1937 (I have notes
> from an aunt). So you could compare it to that.
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The trip from New York to Sao Miguel took 5 days in 1937 (I have notes from
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Well, if they lived in California, then yes, they left from California :)
In the 1930s (Depression) they could have left by ship and went through the
Panama Canal. They could have taken a train to the east coast and then took
a ship across. I doubt they used a covered wagon, since trains would hav
Rats! Do you know if a person could leave straight from California though?
About how long would it have taken to get back home by ship?
On Friday, February 10, 2017 at 5:47:03 PM UTC-6, Cheri Mello wrote:
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> The United States has no outbound passenger lists :(
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> Cheri Mello
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The United States has no outbound passenger lists :(
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente,
Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada
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Lorraine,
There is a Military Museum, I think it is Museu Nacional Militar, in Lisbon
and you might go and ask there. I did some research there on my Lisbon
family. Don't know if you have been to Lisbon before; if not, take the Hop
On, Hop Off Bus first. I believe we took the City Sightseei
Lorraine P,
You won't be able to find any basic information about your Azorean
ancestors in Lisbon. What I mean by that is you will NOT be finding any
birth, marriage, or death information on them.
A few people on this list research mainland Portugal and have knowledge of
their records. Their n
My great-grandfather Manoel Correia Athayde came through Providence and stayed
with his Conde cousins before heading out to the bay area of CA. He had stopped
in Manaos in Brazil for a while before that tho and stayed with an uncle there.
There's still family in Manaos that my Uncle met in the 1
Depends on when it happened. My maternal grandfather left the island of
Flores on a whaling ship about 1869. I don't know all the details but
basically, they went around the horn of south America and eventually ended
up hunting whales in Alaskan waters. His ship was caught in the "big freeze"
of 1
My great grandparents on my grandmothers side, arrived in Hawaii from the Azores on May 4, 1883 on the S.S. Abergeldie, My great grandparents on my grandfathers side arrived in Hawaii on Mar. 4, 1886 on the S.S.Stirlingshire from Madeira. My grandparents married in Hawaii and later moved to Calif
This is a good question. I was told that my Grandfather came to the US in
1920 and was poor and was 15 years old and travel by train to CA. Not
sure how or what trains or anything but this was told to me
Bob Camacho
Researching the Island of Terceira for
da Costa, Evangelho, Pacheco, Ferri
Lorinda,
my Luiz family came from Lagoa (Rosario), San Miguel and mostly settled in Fall
River, MA. A few were thought to have moved on to CA. Was your Great
Grandfather from the same area?
Joanne
Joanne Medeiros Grota Mercier
Researching Bretanha (Medeiros Grota, Sousa), Lagoa (Luiz) and Rab
My grandmother arrived in Providence on Nov. 1, 1922. She said she stayed
there for 2 days and then took the train to Chicago, arriving at 8 a.m. She
had to wait until 6 p.m. for the next train to Sacramento and then to
Hanford. She said the train took 2 days from Chicago to Sacramento. I never
t
My Grandmother, Maria de Gloria Silveira, from Faial, came by boat to the
East Coast in 1892 and several years later, traveled to California by
train. My Grandfather, Francisco Jose Luiz (Lewis) and the rest of his family
that followed later came "around the Horn" about the 1870's. Accord
Lorinda,
My relatives came in by boat to Rhode Island, and then migrated to
Sonoma/Napa Valley.
Adair
On Oct 19, 2011, at 7:07 PM, Lorinda wrote:
Does anyone have any idea how most of the Azoreans traveled to
California? I assume they took a boat from the Azores (there was no
other way off
My great grandfather, Francisco George (Jorge) immigrated from the Azores in
1889 and entered the US through Boston. Today we think that Ellis Island and
NYC was the typical entrance to the US from the Atlantic, but it wasn't always
so. Ellis Island began as the main East immigran
Lorinda,
I have a Frank Lewis (Luis) in my family from Ribeira Seca,s.Jorge. Any
connection.
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On Oct 19, 2011, at 4:07 PM, Lorinda wrote:
> Does anyone have any idea how most of the Azoreans traveled to
> California? I assume they took a boat from the Azores (there was no
>
My grandparents came thru Providence and then took a train to California.
This was in 1920 & 1922.
Linda Leitz
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 8:36 PM, "E" Sharp wrote:
> Many came thru Boston, New Bedford, and Providence and made their way to
> CA. So look for ship's manifest there. Do you have any
Many came thru Boston, New Bedford, and Providence and made their way to
CA. So look for ship's manifest there. Do you have any idea when Jose Luiz
came to the US?
"E"
On Wed, Oct 19, 2011 at 4:07 PM, Lorinda wrote:
> Does anyone have any idea how most of the Azoreans traveled to
> California
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I don't know if most of them came via the east coast or not, but my great
He was a good man!! grace
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to Azores (mode of travel)
My great grandmother traveled from the Azores to
to travel alone.
Debbie Wolgemuth
Researching Azoreans: Jorge (Flores), Freitas (Flores), Enos (San Miguel),
Silveira Matos (Faial), Rodrigues (unknown)
Immigrated to: Merced, CA
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I don't know if most of them came via the east coast or not, but my great
grandfather, Francisco Medeiros entered the US at Boston and then traveled
by train to Calif. in about 1904. He came from Cedros, Faial. He established
a ranch in the Briones Valley near Martinez, Ca with his father before
se
om)
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Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Travel from Azores to West Coast or West
Coast to Azor...
Something else I should have added to my post about my great grandfather
coming by train from Massachusetts to California is that we are fairly
certain that he alre
On Jan 25, 2011, at 10:32 AM, cakemom...@aol.com wrote:
My aunt always told the story of how the rest of my grandfather's
family, probably in the 1880's, and that they came around the Horn.
I have never found where they disembarked, but I am thinking it had
to be around San Francisco, sin
f which died in infancy.
Mary Ann M.
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Mary Bordi
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> Something else I should have added to my post about my great grandfather
> coming by train from Mas
Ann M.
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Something else I should have added to my post about my great grandfather coming
by train
Something else I should have added to my post about my great
grandfather coming by train from Massachusetts to California is that
we are fairly certain that he already had at least one brother and
maybe cousins here in California. He only stayed in Massachusetts to
pay off his passage to th
Celeste.
Holt is still there on Roberts Island on Highway 4 a few miles west of
Stockton. It was the stop for the factory of Holt Manufacturing Company.
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holt_Manufacturing_Company
This was a major asparagus farming area. There were large numbers of
seasonal workers r
Thank-you so much Celeste!! This if very good information. best, grace
falcone
In a message dated 1/23/2011 7:03:11 P.M. Central Standard Time,
ccgran...@yahoo.com writes:
My maternal grandmother, Maria Jose Ferreira Dinis, traveled from Terceira
via white Star Line, S.S. Cretic to th
Thank-you Cheri,
FYI.
The French had attempted construction of a canal in the 1880s, the Panama
Canal was successfully built from 1904 to 1914.
_http://www.eclipse.co.uk/~sl5763/panama.htm_
(http://www.eclipse.co.uk/~sl5763/panama.htm)
Have looked at a few of my Azorean history books, r
thank-you mary this is exactly the kind of information I was looking for.
Most of my azorean ancestors settled in Fall River, Swansea, and New
Bedford. In my attempts to locate any that may have headed West. I am
fascinated with how our azorean peoples migrated with little to nothing aft
On Sun, Jan 23, 2011 at 2:19 PM, wrote:
> Before air travel and not counting those that sailed the whaling boats,
> when our Azorean ancestors traveled from the Azores to United States I am
> assuming most of them un boarded on the east coast (New Bedford, Boston, New
> York) and took a train to
On Jan 23, 2011, at 2:19 PM, gracefalc...@aol.com wrote:
(3) Any thing else of interest you may have regarding this journey
would be helpful.
I am not sure this is what you are looking for but...
My great grandfather (from Sao Jorge) came to Massachusetts around
1871 and worked several ye
My maternal grandmother, Maria Jose Ferreira Dinis, traveled from Terceira via
white Star Line, S.S. Cretic to the US in 1915. She is the one I could not
find entering via Ellis Island.
Elaine found her entering via the port of Boston. She was going to: "her
father, Joao Ferreira Dinis; in
Grace,
To clarify the time period (and I'm not a transportation history buff),
would before air travel be before WWII? When did air travel become feasible
for the average American (or Canadian?) So are you saying maybe from 1850s
to the 1950s?
I know some disembarked on the east coast and took
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