hi Cheri, Is there a way to formally report errors to the NEPS project? I noticed a mistake for one of the people I've been researching.
Thanks, Linda On Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 6:35:12 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: > I don't have ancestors from Faial. But I do know that NEPS has errors, as > I've utilized it here or there and other have reported errors. Blending 2 > different people of the same name is most likely a problem on NEPS. > > Sometimes, it's good to shelve something and go chase an easier line for > awhile and then come back to it. > > Cheri > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das > Tainhas, Achada > > On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 3:01 PM, Sean Andrade <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> I have gone over 10 years each way in searching. On the wife's side I >> have found her parents information, but not on the husbands side. I can try >> searching for the husbands parents wedding information again. >> >> I had been using NEPS as a guide, but it's still been difficult to find. >> Plus there are different towns with the same people but mixed information. >> I have to look at Capelo and Praia do Norte and a lot of the times there is >> contradicting information on people. >> >> I will keep my eye out for siblings too and see if that helps. >> >> On Thursday, September 3, 2015 at 12:27:55 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: >>> >>> Sean, >>> >>> Define "years around." 3 years on either side of the approximate birth >>> date? 5 years? 10 years? They may be as much as 10 years off. >>> >>> It may be easier to find the marriage of the parents a generation back. >>> Then you can trace forward for the birth of your ancestors (although I do >>> trace a couple of years before marriage too. If there was a dispensation, >>> they may have started having kids before the marriage). >>> >>> Alternatively, you can pretend your ancestors were 18 at marriage and go >>> to Capelas 18 years before their marriage and start searching backwards in >>> the births. I wouldn't be hunting just for your ancestor. I'd be collecting >>> all their siblings too. >>> >>> Also, because you are on Faial, use NEPS as a guide. >>> >>> Good Luck, >>> Cheri >>> >>> Cheri Mello >>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>> Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das >>> Tainhas, Achada >>> >>> On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 11:47 AM, Sean Andrade <[email protected]> >>> wrote: >>> >>>> Hi, >>>> >>>> I have two ancestors that were married in Capelo and died in Praia do >>>> Norte. I have found their marriage and death records. Their death records >>>> say about how old they were. I have searched the Capelo baptism records >>>> several times for the years around, and many years before and after they >>>> were possibly born, and have found nothing. >>>> >>>> Does anyone have any tips that can help me search? Is it just a lost >>>> cause? >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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. >>>> >>> >>> -- >> 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:>. >> 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]. Visit this group at http://groups.google.com/group/azores.
