Re: the cost of records from the Azores: the price has gone up and US checks cost extra.
I sent a request for a death record in Ponta Garca, Ponta Delgado, Sao Miguel, (and I had the year & month of the death, around 1935) with a check for $18 US last Fall to Ponta Delgado, and got a reply letter saying that the price has gone up to 20 Euros. They then say that I can best pay through a website. But I cannot figure out the website. It is in Portuguese, and even after using a 'website translator' I cannot find where and how one would pay for Vital Records. Here is an explanation of the contents of that letter as stated by the Portuguese-speaking son of a friend, but he left for college and I never was able to follow through with him on the website: <<Senhor Roberto Bastos is informing you that the check that you sent to him for $18, after the applicable taxes and conversion rate (that I'm assuming apply to cashing American checks in the Azores), is only worth 0.14 in euros. Apparently they must charge between 10-15 euros in taxes on American checks. Anyway, he said that he returned to you the check that you sent him, so that you can cancel it and send a new one. Oh, and he also mentioned that after Oct 1, the price for requesting death certificates will be 20.00 euros. I agree that this is kind of ridiculous, and he mentioned that it would probably be easier for you to just pay over the internet (possibly avoiding any taxes or extra charges). The site is the one he listed there: www.portaldocidadao.pt In case you keep wanting to send a check by mail, he left that address at the bottom of his letter where he wants it sent. I would personally advise trying to pay by online because it's probably simpler and cheaper. However, I looked on the site for a little bit and it's pretty confusing, so either send him an email asking for a more specific link to the exact page where you need to make the payment, or (once I get back home next week) you can talk to me and maybe I could call him and talk to him to iron some details out.>> I spent too much time trying to figure out the website, and then put this project on my "Do Later" bin, so I haven't yet done anything more on it. I will try to attach the letter to this email, and if someone can figure that website out, BLESS YOU!! Eileen Leite, who really would like that death record!! >From Cheri Mello: > > I'm not sure of the current price. I haven't written in a while, but I seem > to remember someone trying to get a record there from last summer. Maybe > that person can repost what her cost was. I can't recall at the moment. > > 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]. 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."
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