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Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Thu, Sep 3, 2015 at 8:18 PM, linda <[email protected]> wrote: > 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]> >> 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. 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