I have gotten pretty efficient at researching American records and directories, but I am only the first generation born in the states. The marriage Index I referred to isn't through Tombo - I saw it's link in one of the posts here in this group. I just didn't know if there were other indices, as well. I am enjoying what I'm learning but am frustrated by what I don't know. I live a little more than an hour from SLC, UT due to my husband's job and was able to go to the Genealogy Library for the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints, but I am sad to say that already I knew more about researching Azores lineage than they did.
Barb Davis On Friday, October 9, 2015 at 11:07:13 PM UTC-6, Cheri Mello wrote: > > I would trace my non-immigrant lines first, so I could learn the ropes > about U.S. vital records, censuses, city directories, etc, etc. Once I'm > having really good success with American lines, then I'd tackle the > immigrants. > > Your public library has a lot of good books on basic genealogy. You may > have a local adult school or genealogy society that offers classes for > beginners too. > > I don't know what you mean that Tombo has a marriage index. Tombo is a > portal to the CCA. The CCA has records to the districts, then islands, then > councils, and then freguesias. Once you get down to the freguesia level, > there are mostly birth, marriage, and death records. There are a few > scatter records, such as legitimizations and indices, but these are > incomplete. > > Ancestry and Family Search won't have anything on the Azores. > > 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.
