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Caso necessite de mais esclarecimentos, pode colocá-los através do e-mail [email protected] Cordiais saudações Rui Marques *Técnico Superior"* Evee On Monday, January 16, 2017 at 6:23:07 PM UTC-7, Cheri Mello wrote: > > Thanks! I hope many more of you email them before you go to bed tonight. > At times, they must think I'm the only person who uses it, as I'm always > reporting it. They need to know that we all use it and we really appreciate > and value it. Their government spent a lot of money on making it free for > all to use. > > Cheri Mello > Listowner, Azores-Gen > Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, > Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada > > On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 5:14 PM, George Sousa <[email protected] > <javascript:>> wrote: > >> Done... >> >> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected] >> <javascript:>> wrote: >> >>> Ahem, it would be nice that a dozen or so people email the CCA and let >>> them know that the server is down. The CCA is on Terceira island. The >>> server is on Sao Miguel island. They don't always know when it's down. It's >>> miles and miles apart. >>> >>> One person emails them. They think "one person." They have a dozen >>> people email them and they realize that there are lots and lots of people >>> using their site and only a fraction of those people let them know. >>> >>> Their email address: [email protected] <javascript:> >>> >>> Always let them know that you are really thankful, really appreciate, >>> yada yada yada, the service that they provide. Then let them know that you >>> are getting that error screen. >>> >>> Angela L, the LDS Church negotiated with the government and went to the >>> Azores in the early to mid-1980s and filmed all the records that were >>> available at that time (1870s or 1880s. Varies by freguesia). At that time, >>> they used the name "Genealogy Society of Utah." So the microfilm goes up to >>> about 1883 or 1884 or so, but not in all locations. You'd have to go to >>> your local FHC and see what film they may have for your freguesias and >>> you'd have to order what film(s) you plan on utilizing. You can do it for >>> short term or permanent load. >>> >>> Cheri >>> >>> Cheri Mello >>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira >>> Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 9:30 AM, Ângela Loura <[email protected] >>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>> >>>> Are the CCA records available in microfilm in the Church of Jesus >>>> Christ of Latter-day saints? >>>> >>>> 2017-01-16 17:25 GMT+00:00 Tish M <[email protected] <javascript:>>: >>>> >>>>> João, thank you for your input. You are so right. The down time for >>>>> CCA should not make CCA so discredited. They are doing a great service. >>>>> We >>>>> are living in a society where everyone is so impatient. Does it really >>>>> matter if you are unable to look something up for a day, or two? I also >>>>> agree, Familysearch has the resources, but for the Azores to give away >>>>> the >>>>> data would not only mean nobody would go to CCA, but would reduce CCA as >>>>> a >>>>> resource for tourism and revenue. Why do you think the Portuguese are >>>>> offering citizenships with so little commitment to the people who apply >>>>> (revenue)? I am not writing this in criticism of Portugal, it's just the >>>>> climate of small governments around the world at this time. >>>>> >>>>> Tish >>>>> >>>>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 8:38 AM, João Ventura <[email protected] >>>>> <javascript:>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Victor, >>>>>> >>>>>> The "cloud" is not free... And while I do agree that on principle it >>>>>> would make sense, the truth is that the thing that's REALLY expensive on >>>>>> the cloud is storage. You can get Amazon Web Services to scale easily >>>>>> the >>>>>> number of servers, but telling that each of those servers would have to >>>>>> be >>>>>> able to store and replicate several Terabytes of data would probably >>>>>> consume the budget for the whole archipelago quite fast. >>>>>> >>>>>> And it doesn't make sense to have several servers all going to the >>>>>> same storage server wherever they store all those images. >>>>>> >>>>>> Things that would make sense: >>>>>> 1. Allowing Familysearch to serve those images (pros: free, and no >>>>>> work necessary; cons: nobody would use the CCA servers ever again). >>>>>> 2. See 1., to be honest. >>>>>> >>>>>> João Ventura >>>>>> https://tombo.pt/en >>>>>> >>>>>> On Saturday, 14 January 2017 19:10:58 UTC+1, Victor Soares wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>> They should load all that data up on the cloud to be fault tolerant. >>>>>>> Likely cheaper and less of a maintenance hassle for the CCA admins. >>>>>>> On Sat, Jan 14, 2017 at 09:42 Ângela Loura <[email protected]> >>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>> >>>>>>>> Contacts: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> [email protected] >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> 2017-01-14 17:35 GMT+00:00 Richard Francis Pimentel < >>>>>>>> [email protected]>: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *CCA seems to have gone down this morning around 10:00 am EST. As >>>>>>>>> of now it is still down.* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> *Rick* >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>> -- >>>>>>>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>>>>>>> >>>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> sfig >>>>> Researching >>>>> Island: Santa Maria >>>>> Freguesia: Santa Barbara >>>>> >>>>> -- >>>>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>>>> >>>> >>>> -- >>>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>>> >>> >>> -- >>> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >>> >> >> -- >> 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 https://groups.google.com/group/azores. >> > > -- You received this message because you are subscribed to the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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