Donna O, There is a group of us who are going to come up with some guidelines for data entry input.
You are using Family Tree Maker or Ancestry.com? I spoke with one of their representatives at Jamboree last month. He said that their places are very American-centric. And they really don't know what they are doing in certain places of the world. I think I called up Ribeirinha for the tech. The auto fill said "Ribeirinha, Azores, Portugal." I told the Ancestry guy that there at least 4 Ribeirinhas in the Azores, on 4 different islands. I told him that "Ribeirinha, Azores, Portugal" was about as precise as "Plymouth, United States" as there is a Plymouth in Massachusetts, Pennsylvania, Michigan, New Hampshire, California, etc, etc. I don't know if my suggestion will go very far, but at least I made them aware of it. For whatever it's worth, I type the fregusia, island, Azores, Portugal. I type the church only if there is more than 1 in that freguesia. However, my program is very precise about the places. I don't have just a place field. It is sub divided into Detail, City, County, State, etc. I could modify them to say Freguesia, Concelho, etc, but because I have my American lines currently merged with my Portuguese lines, I leave it alone. 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
