I can't remember all the details, but when Joao Ventura (the archivist) was in Utah, FamilySearch caught wind of it. He got a tour of Granite Mountain and they "kidnapped" him for a special meeting.
Maybe Joao will remember...I think that they told us (I was present for that part) that ALL of their microfilm will be digitized in 5 or 6 years. That was April 2012, so you can figure that out. They are indexing the film as it becomes digitized. But Family Search has you do some American records (to get used to their indexing system) before any "foreign" records. I think part of the meeting with Joao was to find out who to contact for more record filming and that kind of thing. I don't think anyone was opposed to to the records being accessible on the Internet. I think Family Search's logic would be to put records online that have many researchers using them. So if Brazil has almost 194 million people versus the Azores' 246,000, well, that might explain Family Search's thinking. It's been awhile since I've asked, but maybe it's time for us to email the CCA, telling them how grateful we are for their resource, it's much appreciated, etc, etc. They don't have the counters on every page, so depending on which page we've bookmarked, they may not be getting a true count. So let's email them and maybe that will motivate them to put a few more records online! Their email address is: *[email protected](English or Portuguese) * 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.
