Thank you Cheri for the information for those of use just joining this site.
God's love doesn't keep us from our trials, His love & strength will only
helps us to get through them. God is so merciful & faithful. God doesn't like
Ugly.
On Thursday, April 30, 2015 11:31 AM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]>
wrote:
To those who are new to research or getting back to it after a hiatus.....
This is basically a do-it-yourself research list. You ask questions and we try
to give you answers or point you in the right direction.
Some good sites for you to bookmark:
Azores GenWeb: http://goo.gl/ZBAC1y
The "How To" from the Azores GenWeb: http://goo.gl/kCb7U2
The Maps from the Azores GenWeb: http://goo.gl/QO7l9D
The Azores GenWeb is a big deal!
Once you find your freguesia, you'll want to use the Centro de Conhecimento dos
Azores site (CCA). They have scanned all the baptisms, marriages, and deaths
and digitized them an uploaded them. The site is a little cumbersome to use, so
you'll want to try the Maps section from the Azores GenWeb site or the Tombo.pt
site to access the CCA records: http://goo.gl/L222ZV
You'll be adding more links to specific sites for your island(s) as you go
along. There are too many to list here.
And yes, if you have found your freguesia (village) and you are researching in
the Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal, yes, the records will be in
Portuguese. The television show, "Who Do You Think You Are?" and others don't
make this part very clear. The producers contact the archives months (sometimes
a year) in advance and work is done by various researchers. And if the
celebrity does not read that language, a translator is paid by the show to
translate the documents. Then they find another person to present the
information to the celebrity. I think it was in the last episode with Melissa
Ethridge where she was dealing with French records. The person presenting the
information was from the University of Oklahoma or something! That person in
that archives did NOT work for that archives, but had a specialty area in
French records, so the show flew that archivist there to present that part to
Melissa Ethridge. That archivist didn't do the research, and probably didn't do
the translation either. Moral of the story: Unless you are on a TV show, don't
expect your records to be handed to you on a silver platter. It's not going to
happen.
Just keep chugging along and ask questions, and we'll try to get you going!
Cheri Mello
Listowner, Azores-Gen
Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas,
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