Many thanks John It certainly helps. I at least no longer have to feel in the dark. Are they availabe on-line ? >From the banter I gather that some people on the list have access to them. Is >it possible for one to join that number?
> Date: Fri, 31 Jan 2014 15:16:49 -0800 > From: [email protected] > Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ernesto do Canto Index > To: [email protected] > > > "Ernesto do Canto, Dr., nasceu a 12.12.1831 na casa dos Prestes, em S. Roque > e aí faleceu a 21.8.1900. Foi bacharel formado em Filosofia pela Universidade > de Coimbra a 25.7.1856, sócio correspondente da Academia Real das Ciências, > de Lisboa e de outras sociedades científicas, tanto nacionais como > estrangeiras. Notabilizou-se como erudito historiador e genealogista, tendo > sido autor do Arquivo dos Açores e de outras publicações de reconhecido > mérito. Foi Presidente da Junta Geral do Distrito de Ponta Delgada e uma das > figuras de maior prestígio da sociedade micaelense no decorrer do século XIX. > Casou na ermida de Nossa Senhora do Amparo, anexa à casa-solar desta família > em S. Pedro Ponta Delgada a 5.5.1859, com sua sobrinha Margarida Leite do > Canto." (from Rodrigo Rodrigues). > > Among many other things, Ernesto do Canto took an inventory of the existing > vital records in the Azores and developed an index (the manuscripts are at > the Archives in Ponta Delgada) which are an invaluable resource for beginners > and even for those who hit "stone walls". For example, his index for the > marriages in Santo António além Capelas lists marriages for which the records > no longer exist! > > I hope this helps. > > John Miranda Raposo > -------------------------------------------- > > On Fri, 1/31/14, Hermano C. Pires <[email protected]> wrote: > > Subject: RE: [AZORES-Genealogy] Ernesto do Canto Index > To: "[email protected]" <[email protected]> > Date: Friday, January 31, 2014, 7:59 PM > > #yiv3001787033 > #yiv3001787033 -- > .yiv3001787033hmmessage P > { > margin:0px;padding:0px;} > #yiv3001787033 body.yiv3001787033hmmessage > { > font-size:12pt;font-family:Calibri;} > #yiv3001787033 OK, > I'll ask again what is and where is this CANTO"S > INDEX . > I have seen it mentioned a number > of times before but have no idea of what it might be. > Please enlighten me :)) > Hermano > > Date: > Fri, 31 Jan 2014 11:51:21 -0800 > From: > [email protected] > Subject: > [AZORES-Genealogy] Ernesto do Canto Index > To: [email protected] > > If anyone on the list is willing to share > some of Cantos Index I would really apreciate it. Mainly > Feteiras, Relva, Bretanha (if they > exist) Marcio Borba > > Feel the Azores... visit http://azorean-roots.blogspot.com > > > > > -- > > 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. 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