I've also been researching my family from Funchal, Madeira (de Oliveira & da Silva). I found an interesting site with passenger listings from Madeira->Boston, NY, etc.
pls visit http://www.dholmes.com/ships.html.

good luck
linda

Lorraine
My Grandmother, Alexandrina Augusta Pereira, arrived in the United States on the S.S. ROMA October 25,1912 at Providence R. I.
The Ships manifest has it sailing from Ponta Delgada, Sao Miguel on October 18,1912.
I have a copy of the manifest with the first 22 names.
If I can be of any help my e-mail is BOAT4FUN26@AOL.COM

Hi
There were ships arriving in Boston. On Ancestry.com, there is a list of Boston Passenger Ships. You may have to be a member to obtain the information, but you can use the name to see if any results exist.
Happy hunting!

I was always told my GG Grandfather came over on a whaling ship as a boy from Pico. We just found out he came over on a passenger ship from Liverpool, UK, If you have his or her exact name contact or visit Mass. archives, give the name and they have passenger ship manifests. That's how we found out. Oh and we also found out almost 30 yrs. later he became a lifesaver so had to be a citizen so he became one {Fed. archives in Waltham. This wasn't easy as he took someone elses name. His death certicate revealed his Dad's name. Good-luck

My Dad's grandfather came to Harwich, MA when he was 15.He came from the Azores and was born in 1829 and died in Yarmouth, MA in 1898. He was in the Civil War. A clipping in a Cape Cod paper said that he had served 2 years in the Brazilian army and had bullet scars of wounds upon his body. He married in 1854 Amanda Robinson, in South Dennis, MA, and they had 7 children, 5 died young.Information from
Civil War papers, V.R. of Yarmouth, Dennis.