Appears to be the whole Azores government website is down ... not just the CCA.
Yes, patience is a virtue. I hope its running before this next Saturday though. Louie On Tuesday, January 17, 2017 at 5:05:14 AM UTC-8, Evee Silva Kiler wrote: > > I received a reply. Probably the rest of you did, too? > > "A Direção Regional da Cultura informa que, por motivos técnicos nos > servidores do Governo Regional dos Açores, não é possível aceder ao Portal > Cultura Açores bem como a outros sites oficiais, pelo que seremos breves em > repor o normal funcionamento dos conteúdos online. > > Caso necessite de mais esclarecimentos, pode colocá-los através do e-mail > drac...@azores.gov.pt <javascript:> > > 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 <george...@gmail.com> >> wrote: >> >>> Done... >>> >>> On Mon, Jan 16, 2017 at 8:07 PM, Cheri Mello <gfsc...@gmail.com> 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: drac...@azores.gov.pt >>>> >>>> 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 <angel...@gmail.com> >>>> 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 <tish....@gmail.com>: >>>>> >>>>>> 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 <jo...@venturas.org> >>>>>> 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 <angel...@gmail.com> >>>>>>>> wrote: >>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> Contacts: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> drac.i...@azores.gov.pt >>>>>>>>> drac...@azores.gov.pt >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>> 2017-01-14 17:35 GMT+00:00 Richard Francis Pimentel < >>>>>>>>> rickre...@gmail.com>: >>>>>>>>> >>>>>>>>>> *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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>>>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>>> 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 azores+un...@googlegroups.com. >>> 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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