Hi EILEEN, I have some information on VFC. I have researched all FRIAS people from S. Pedro, for example. Send me an email with what you are looking for and may be I have it.
Eliseu Pacheco da Silva No dia 15/12/2013, às 13:36, "Eileen Leite" <[email protected]> escreveu: > The majority of my husband’s family comes from Vila Franca do Campo. The next > largest group, from Ribeira Grande. (Deep sigh…) It is an understatement > that I am ready to see those records come online! My pencil is in my mouth > and my fingers are ready to hit the keys, just as soon as the records are > posted! Haha. > > However, despite the wait, my overwhelming feeling is of deep gratitude that > these records are being put online. I recall the old days of squeezing in an > hour at the Family History Center on my way home from work, sitting in the > darkest corner of the room to eliminate light washout of those dark films, > trying to focus ancient and sketchy microfilm viewers and then squandering a > half hour of my precious time juggling the film over to the copier and > tweaking its settings so I could save a copy of the record I found, stifling > my cry of “NOOOOOOOOOOO” as I realized that the records ended before the > baptisms and marriages of some critical people: those years have made me > appreciate the contrast of sitting in my pajamas at my computer at 1 in the > morning with (mostly) clear, enlargeable, easy to copy and save images. We > live in marvelous times! > > Some of you may remember how it used to be done before there was internet > access to family history records, before there were online indexes, before > many microfilms available now had even been filmed. In those days direct > physical contact was required. Remember the “SASE”? That means “Self > Addressed Stamped Envelope”, which is what you included (often with a > donation check) when you wrote an inquiry letter to a potential source. Then > you often waited for months for a reply. Finding the basic details of my > Irish line involved driving 1000 miles to New Jersey, visiting court houses > and cemeteries and rectories, and negotiating with the priest who wanted to > deny me access to his parish records because he was sure I was violating the > privacy of his parishioners who died in the 1860’s. In those days it could > take close to a year to track and receive a single birth record. Committing > to fill in a four-generation pedigree chart meant you were in for the long > haul. If you didn’t have patience, you didn’t do family history. > > Realizing that those Vila Franca do Campo records may be online before next > Christmas has touched me deeply and filled me with great happiness. It will > happen so soon! When those last Sao Miguel records come online, I will do the > dance of joy. > > Feeling grateful in Chicagoland, > > > Eileen Leite > Researching Ponta Garca, Ribeira Grande, Povoacao, and more in Sao Miguel. > > > > > From: Cheri Mello [mailto:[email protected]] > Sent: Sunday, December 15, 2013 1:30 AM > To: Azores Genealogy > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] CCA site > > There are 3 CCA threads going. Can we keep them all here? > > Pam received an email in May. Eliseu translated it. > > <<Taking your request email in mind we inform you that we are in middle of > the process of putting online for individual search the church documents of > the Concelho of Ponta Delgada, S. Miguel, and the church documents of the > Freguesias of Horta, Faial. As soon as we can it will be followed by Graciosa > and Santa Maria. The remaing Concelhos of S. Miguel will follow next.>> > > So in 7 months, they did most of Ponta Delgada and Faial. Then Graciosa (4 > freguesias) and Santa Maria (5 or 6 freguesias). Then Ribeiria Grande and > Vila Franca on Sao Miguel. If they do keep at the same pace, maybe they will > be done in 1 year. > > They do seem to be putting the records on faster now that there's a new > person in charge. > 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. 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