Hello, Evee Thanks for the thanks. That's what keeps me going :) Also, the fact that I've been a user of the site myself way before everyone else, so that I know how useful it is to condense those bloody 20+ websites into a single one.
Just out of curiosity, was it the town that is now called Montijo (http://tombo.pt/f/mtj02)? Regards, João Ventura http://tombo.pt On Tuesday, 21 January 2014 18:56:01 UTC+1, Evee Silva Kiler wrote: > > Success today using your site for the first time, Joao. > > > > My great grand aunt from Santo Amaro, Pico, married a man from Aldeia > Galega, Lisboa, Portugal in 1891 in Santo Amaro. I was able to find his > baptism record (using his approximate age from the marriage record) using > the search feature on your web page. > > > > I got lucky because the age listed in the marriage record turned out to be > accurate; so I didn’t have to search all day…. > > > > Thank you for the page announcement and for all the research assistance > you provide. > > > > Evee > > > > *From:* [email protected] <javascript:> [mailto: > [email protected] <javascript:>] *On Behalf Of *João Ventura > *Sent:* Tuesday, January 21, 2014 5:23 AM > *To:* [email protected] <javascript:> > *Subject:* [AZORES-Genealogy] Re: Announcing tombo.pt: a new site for the > genealogists interested in Portugal > > > > I've changed the district navigation.. For the Azores and Madeira, it's > now Region -> Island- > Municipality -> Parish. > > > > Joao C. Ventura > > http://tombo.pt > > > On Sunday, 15 December 2013 23:18:29 UTC+1, João Ventura wrote: > > Hello everyone, > > > > I'm happy to announce that last week, I made available the > http://tombo.ptwebsite. The objective of this site is to make it (a lot) > easier to access > the Portuguese parish records. > > > > Among other features: > > - List of new parish books from the previous day. I just enabled it to > also search the Azores automatically, so disregard the São Sebastião date. > > - Simple browsing via District -> Municipality -> Parish. Do note that I'm > using the 1911 districts, so the Azores districts are: Angra do Heroísmo, > Horta and Ponta Delgada. > > - Merging the books of different archives into the same parish. Not > applicable to those researching in the Azores. But it may be a revelation > for those searching in mainland Portugal: some of those 'lost' books are > actually in Lisbon. > > - Search capability (search for the parish, and with a bit of luck the > site will list it). > > > > The site is still under development, but from now on, it's only new > features or cosmetic changes (the site's style is still a bit raw). > > > > Happy researching, > > > > Joao C. Ventura > > http://tombo.pt > > > > -- > 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] <javascript:>. > To post to this group, send email to [email protected] <javascript:> > . > 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.
