This is terrible news. The Portuguese archives are not available from FamilySearch, except for those with LDS accounts or some rare cases like Braga or Coimbra.
There are books available in CCA where the image is so low resolution that I might as well be looking at it in Minecraft, and the only possibility to read them is to go to a FHC and ask for the microfilm. João Ventura http://tombo.pt/en On Friday, 4 August 2017 01:38:11 UTC+2, Cheri Mello wrote: > > 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 <pat_...@byu.edu <javascript:>> > 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 >> >> pat_...@byu.edu <javascript:> >> >> >> >> -- >> 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 <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 azores+unsubscr...@googlegroups.com. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
