really. On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:48 PM, Elizabeth Migliori <[email protected]> wrote:
> Okie dokie > > On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:44 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: > >> You guys need to STOP. It's not that I'm trying to rain your parade, but >> there's problems. >> >> First, whenever the CCA was approached about helping to index, we were >> always turned down. ALWAYS. They don't say why. Just a no thank you. I've >> thought about it. And I made up the following reasons why we are rebuffed: >> 1) They aren't in control of the project. 2) They have a bunch of >> non-native speakers doing this. 3) There's really no cross-checking. >> >> I could solve #2 & #3 for them. Do it like FamilySearch does. Two people >> independently index the same set of records. Someone compares the records >> to make sure they are extracted the same. If they are not the same, it goes >> to a 3rd person (who should be a native speaker in my opinion). >> >> 2nd Problem. There's NO standard. You MUST set a standard and the CCA has >> to agree to it. You don't even have freguesia spelled right! The dates most >> likely need to be in European format and most likely need to be with >> Portuguese abbreviations for the months. The names must be in modern >> Portuguese (Ana, not Anna). And there needs to be a rule for d', de, da, >> do. You are doing this from a completely egocentric, American point of >> view. This is exactly why they don't want our help. >> >> 3rd Problem: You DO NOT have permission from the CCA to do this. "It's on >> the Internet and it's free" may not apply in a European court. Would they >> go after you? I don't know. Could they take down the whole site so no one >> has access to it? Sure they could. Do you want that on your shoulders? >> >> So, do not do this. Like I said, I'm not raining on your parade. Things >> are done differently over there. >> >> If you can figure out a way to make a proposal to them, they can read it. >> Maybe they will respond back. >> >> Please do not jeopardize the records for all of us. Do NOT do with >> without the OK from the CCA. >> >> Cheri >> >> Cheri Mello >> Listowner, Azores-Gen >> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, >> Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >> >> On Thu, Mar 30, 2017 at 5:16 PM, Louie Avila <[email protected]> >> wrote: >> >>> Jeremy, >>> >>> Any guidelines? >>> >>> Leave out the de, da, do, etc? >>> Use the most current spelling of the name (i.e. Joaquim vs Joachim)? >>> Place spaces between the date (12 Sep 1899 vs. 12Sep1899). >>> >>> You rock! >>> >>> Louie >>> >>> -- >>> 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 a topic in the > Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. > To unsubscribe from this topic, visit https://groups.google.com/d/ > topic/azores/nFjaZaNggVE/unsubscribe. > To unsubscribe from this group and all its topics, 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.
