Cheri- I liked the way you put that - "bumble" your way through the record. It pretty much is what I feel I'm doing - that and studying the handwriting
Maria Elena > On Jan 17, 2014, at 3:28 PM, "Richard Francis Pimentel" > <[email protected]> wrote: > > Not all the parishes have indexes but it is helpful when you find one that > does. I recently used the index for Sao Sebastiao (Ponta Delgada) and it took > a while to find the actual page. The indexes did not match the books and then > some the books were renumbered and rebound and the original numbers trimmed > off. > > > Rick > > Richard Francis Pimentel > Spring, TX > > > From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > Cheri Mello > Sent: Friday, January 17, 2014 11:45 AM > To: Azores Genealogy > Subject: Re: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ponta Garca baptisms are indexed!! > > Eileen, > > There's also a separate index to the records that was done years later (maybe > the 1970s?) Don't know if they will be uploading that or not. Someone > really liked Ponta Garca and was helping us out! > > And for those who don't know, Eileen was unable to "read" about 3 years ago. > She and her husband came to our first Salt Lake conference where we taught > her how to "read" and here she is, figuring everything out! :) > > Everyone can learn to "read." Some people grasp it more quickly than others, > but you can learn to bumble your way through those records. > 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. > -- > 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. -- 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.
