Well the same thing is a big problem on ancestry with kids listed as born before parents. Today I got an email from a man named Tomas Leal who lives 5 minutes from Piedade, Lajes do Pico, Pico who saw that we were researching a name from his line, and he has offered to try and verify some of what I've found on Neps. I've also been in contact with Joao who said he could help if I give him what I have... On Jun 26, 2012 8:26 PM, "celeste perry" <ccgran...@yahoo.com> wrote:
> Mike, > I was at the archive in Horta, Faial, and saw 2 (obvious students) > going through one of the books. One was reading out loud the contents of > the book and the other was writing in a folder. They looked, to me, as > though they were recording of the record to the book. That reminded me > about what I had heard that the NEPS site was collected by students of one > of the professors of the university. All went well until they began to > laugh, talk between themselves about things not in the book, etc. I think > the NEPS site is (as stated by others) a starting point to get to the > actual document you need to read or have transcribed and translated by > someone like Joao Ventura, before you take anything as the actual > writings. > Even looking at the actual books there have been times when it is > found that the priest made mistakes. I like to think maybe he said too > many masses and had a little bit more wine than necessary! > One clue I found early on was that someone in the NEPS site had a son > that was born before the father. > Celeste, Hayward, CA > > Celeste Perry ccgran...@yahoo.com > *From:* Mike <mgilfilia...@gmail.com> > *To:* azores@googlegroups.com > *Sent:* Tuesday, June 26, 2012 4:58 PM > *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] question about the Neps website > > I've had a break through thanks to some great help from you all. But I > have a question about the Neps website. Are those people listed done so as > the Azores gov't goes through the books and lists them by name, what I'm > wondering are the results you find on the Neps website spot on accurate > with what they do have? > Mike > -- > To unsubscribe from this group, send email to > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 > azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. 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."
