Here are some abbreviations and acronyms that come up on this list that people ask about. It is no where near comprehensive.
CCA - Centro de Conhecimento dos Acores (Center for Knowledge of the Azores): Similar to a national archive. Birth, marriage, deaths, emigration out of the Azores can be found online there. (link: http://goo.gl/vGDkL) DOB: Date of Birth (or just b. as in b. 1888) DOM: Date of Marrige (or just m. as in m. 1888) DOD: Date of Death (or just d. as in d. 1888) FHC: Family History Center. They are affiliated with the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints (LDS). No, you do not need to be an LDS member or Mormon to utilize their facilities. FHL: Family History Library. This is usually used in reference to the main library in Salt Lake City, Utah. FHLC: Family History Library Catalog. For records not yet online, we use the FHLC to look up the film numbers to have them ordered so we can view them at our local FHC (link to FHLC: http://goo.gl/rLa2z) NEPS: Nucleo de Estudos de Populacão eSociedade. A database extraction of SOME freguesias from Pico, Faial, and Sao Jorge. There is some continental Portugal as well. They may be going by the acronym CITCEM now. Link: http://goo.gl/sTN3p POB: Place of birth POM: Place of marriage POD: Place of death -- Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada -- For 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." --- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. To unsubscribe from this group and stop receiving emails from it, send an email to [email protected]. To post to this group, send email to [email protected]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores?hl=en.
