My understanding is that after August 31st there will be no more shipping of microfilms - period. Records that have already been digitized will be available at the Family History Centers - on line. Those that have not been digitized are expected to be done by 2020 when everything the church has is scheduled to be digitized (all records which were on microfilm). It is interesting to note that the LDS church has some records that the Portuguese archives do not (some missing years - Graciosa for one that I know of).
Indexing is another story. Anyone can volunteer to be an indexer. I have indexed a number of Portuguese records, mostly from Brazil. If there are more indexers of Portuguese records, I'm sure that they will continue to put up more Portuguese records in the queue. That's how to get it moving - volunteer on FamilySearch.org and look for indexing. You then pick the project that you want to participate in of those available and you do it at your own pace and in your spare time. Walt Teixeira Graciosa and continental Portugal On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 1:38:40 PM UTC-5, Pat Frade 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 > > [email protected] <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 [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
