My understanding is that the Azorean Govenement must enter an agreement with Family Search to allow the indexing to begin. I don't know if any such agreement was made. Last I heard, negotiations between the Azorean government and Family Search broke down. I don't know if any attempts have been made again (from a couple of years ago).
Cheri Mello Listowner, Azores-Gen Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada On Thu, Aug 3, 2017 at 11:38 AM, Pat Frade <[email protected]> wrote: > Please refer to this article: the microfilms are being discontinued. > > > > https://familysearch.org/blog/en/microfilm-distribution- > discontinued-august-31-2017/ > > > > From my last post a few months ago, I think Rosemarie said that the > microfilms are on disc. I think they need to be index so they can be put > online and *searchable* (that is the key word). > > > > I would ask Cheri or Rosemarie to call the SLC Family History Library and > ask the Portuguese Librarian to set up a time at the conference where we > could meet together (maybe right after dinner) where questions can be > asked/answered. > > > > My understanding is very basic – but I am really pushing for these records > to be indexed. What that mean – and please verify this with the librarian – > we wouldn’t necessarily need to learn to read the old Portuguese script. We > could type in a name, and the image will come up along with the > “transcribe” information. I just looked up a name in FamilySearch – the > name was Helen Evans, residence in California, and the top result was a > census record, on the right side is the original document, and on the left > side is the transcribe infor. On Ancestry you get the transcribed > information, or it may look for a name in a document (like a newspaper). > > > > The documents would have to be indexed (transcribed) by a person, I have > seen it done. There is an army of people who are indexing records – my > neighbor was working on the WWII veterans records. We just need to know IF > the Azorean records have been indexed, if not where are they in the queue > and if they are in the queue how many petitions would it take to move it > forward. > > > > Let’s talk more at the conference. > > > > *Pat Frade* > > Manuscript Cataloger > > 6741 Harold B. Lee Library > > Brigham Young University > > Provo, UT 84602 > > 801-422-6730 <(801)%20422-6730> > > [email protected] > > > > -- > 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.
