Hi Cheri, Thank you so much for you help. I've already ordered the LDS mfs for the Azores but they're taking an awfully long time to arrive...sometimes almost an year!!! The only reason I asked about insisting on the local research was because the chief of Biblioteca Publica - to whom I wrote some time ago (through an Azores Genealogy web site - don't remember which one) said she would foward my request for a "trained technician in the Archives" (sic)and that she thought would be very easy to find the records. Do you understand portuguese? See what she wrote: "Exma. Senhora Vou reencaminhar esta mensagem para os serviços administrativos da BPARPD e para o Sr. Director. Naturalmente vai ser despachada para o Arquivo, onde será tratada por um técnico superior. Parece-me que conseguirá sem grande dificuldade as informações que pretende pois indica o nome, a freguesia e a data. É natural que lhe perguntem se quer uma fotocópia do registo e deverá ter de pagar algo por isso." I apologize for my curiosity but why would insisting make it worse for of everybody? I'll keep you posted with my findings. abraços Luciana Raposo
On May 25, 2:39 pm, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > HI Lufox, > > Since you have the 3 vital pieces: the name of Manuel Raposo dos Santos, > that he was from Nordeste, born to Antonio Raposo dos Santos and Barbara > Leite Machado in 1840-41, you need to search the film ( # 1438017 ) for > every Manuel born to Antonio and Barbara until you find him. > > Your questions: > 1) Yes, the archives do hold the records from the 1840s, but they don't > search for you. They may look for a range, but I wouldn't insist. It may > make it worse for the rest of us. > > 2) Most of us on this list are west of the Azores (somewhere in North > America), although we have other members. Some are in the Azores, New > Zealand, and I forget where else I've seen people say where they live. > > 3) The only way to research for Nordeste at this time is to go to the > archives in Ponta Delgada or order the microfilm. Someday, the Center for > Knowledge of the Azores (CCA) will put the records online. However, they > don't publish I time line for putting the records online or in what order, > so we don't when. Sao Jorge island is almost complete. That island took > about 2 years to put online, I believe. > > Hope this helps! > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, > Achada --~--~---------~--~----~------------~-------~--~----~ To unsubscribe from this group, send email to [email protected]. Follow the confirmation directions when they arrive. For more options, such as changing to List, Digest, Abridged, or No Mail (vacation) mode, log into your Google account and visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/Azores. Click in the blue area on the right that says "Join this group" and it will take you to "Edit my membership." -~----------~----~----~----~------~----~------~--~---
