Thank you Marilyn and Cheri. Margaret
On Thu, Jun 24, 2010 at 9:28 PM, Jesse Pacheco <[email protected]>wrote: > This is great, thank you very much Marilyn for making this possible and > Cheri for spreading the word! > > > On 6/24/2010 9:24 PM, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Here's what happens when a group of researchers show up en masse to Salt > Lake! > > As some of you know, the Family History Library (FHL) discontinued their > paleography (handwriting) series probably around 10 years ago. This was a > 40+ page booklet with handwriting samples, abbreviations, names, and other > goodies. They did make it available on microfiche for you to order through > your local FHC and copy from that. > > Kathy Cardoza, webmaster of the Azores GenWeb, contacted the FHL a couple > of years ago and was granted permission to reprint only portions of this > copyrighted work. > > Last October, I met Marilyn Thompson from this list. She is affiliated > with the FHL in Salt Lake. I mentioned the concern about the paleography > being available to a wide audience. I don't recall who she tried to network > with at that time to get it online. > > Now we have a group of researchers here. Marilyn tried again. She found > the right people and made it happen!!! It is a large file for the wiki site > on Family Search, so they had to break it up into 4 parts. Here's the link: > > > https://wiki.familysearch.org/en/Portuguese_Genealogical_Word_List#Additional_Resources > > You have to scroll down to the section titled "Additional Resources" and > download Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, and Part 4. > > Thanks, Marilyn, for finding the right people and making it happen!! > > 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." > > > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > [email protected]<azores%[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." > -- 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."
