Also, the Church, in a few weeks or so, will stop all ordering of all microfilm. Thus, the only way to view such is: 1) If it is on FamilySearch; or 2) You visit Salt Lake City if any of your local FHCs don't have it in their permanent file.
On Thursday, August 3, 2017 at 4:38:11 PM UTC-7, 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 <[email protected] <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 >> >> [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] <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 [email protected]. Visit this group at https://groups.google.com/group/azores.
