Portuguese Hawaiian Genealogy history and Heritage
Each census is unique. The questions asked varied from census to census. The early census records have no information beyond the head of household. In 1850, the names of other household members were included. And, in 1880 census, the relationships of those members were given. With each census, the information recorded was changed to reflect…
The majority of Portuguese immigrants who migrated to Hawaii were of the Catholic faith. This is a list of current churches and their mailing addresses. While these churches might not have been in existence in the time period you are searching for, they may be of help in locating records. HAWAII Annunciation–P.O. Box 301, Kamuela…
Welcome to the new and improved YourIslandRoutes.com. Or, at least, it will be when I get done! I apology for the dust, but this website hasn’t been updated in a long time In the meantime, I’ll have both versions of the website running at the same time. This means things will be quite messy for…
Last August, I went to São Miguel island, one of the nine Azores islands. I had a referral to a specific taxi driver, Joe, who was known to be pretty good at helping genealogists find families…and he was bilingual, too! I did find Joe, and on our scheduled day, we went to the village that…
Locate the island your ancestor was from. The left column lists the freguesia (like our town/city). The right column lists the church(es) for that freguesia. Each council has 1 large church, which has the designation “Matriz” (Mother Church). Most church records were filmed. Those that were not filmed have an asterik (*) by the name…