Thanks for the information. Unfortunately, I am in Pennsylvania so I can't stop in for help.
On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 11:18 AM, Rosemarie Capodicci <[email protected]> wrote: > Kristie, > The CCA is the government site that house all of the actual documents: > Baptisms, Marriages, Deaths of all of the Azore Islands. It has been down > all weekend but hopefully, it will be back up soon! When you use the site > for Pico and Faial (CITCEM) you still must verify what you see with the > actual docs (CCA site). > You really need to go to the Azores GenWeb site, here: > http://www.worldgenweb.org/azrwgw/ and read the research helps. Where do > you live? I live and work in CA, and I volunteer at the Monterey Family > History Center on Tuesdays from 1 to 4pm. So, if you or anyone in the area > needs help, please come and I will help you! > > Rosemarie > [email protected] > Researching Sao Jorge, Terceira, Graciosa, Faial and Pico, Azores, > Isola delle Femmine, Sant' Elia, Sicily > > On Mon, May 21, 2018 at 6:49 AM, Kristie Scherm <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> Thank you! Which site will need to be back up? >> >> On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 8:52 PM, JR <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> "the newest one is Almagreira, and there are a few online books already, >>> before those years, one must go to Assunção, in other words, Vila do Porto. >>> And those are the only Parishes online for now." That quote is from a past >>> posting. Almagreira is on St Maria Island, not Pico. You can look it up >>> once the site is back up. >>> >>> JR >>> >>> On Sunday, May 20, 2018 at 8:05:07 PM UTC-4, Kristie Scherm wrote: >>>> >>>> Cheri, >>>> >>>> Sorry to bother you, but I am searching the site and my records have >>>> some of my family in Almagreira (Lajes de Pico) on the island of Santa >>>> Maria, which I don't see on the site. Any ideas? >>>> >>>> Thanks for your help. >>>> >>>> ~Kristie >>>> >>>> On Sun, May 20, 2018 at 11:50 AM, Kristie Scherm <[email protected]> >>>> wrote: >>>> >>>>> Cheri, >>>>> Thanks so much, I at least have a starting point. I will work it from >>>>> there. >>>>> >>>>> Have a great day! >>>>> >>>>> ~Kristie >>>>> >>>>> On Sat, May 19, 2018 at 1:20 PM, Cheri Mello <[email protected]> >>>>> wrote: >>>>> >>>>>> Hi Kristie S, >>>>>> >>>>>> To begin researching in the Azores, you need to know who is from >>>>>> which island and which freguesia (fregh (rhymes with Greg) - Z -ah - >>>>>> village) that they are from. Everything in Europe is organized on the >>>>>> town/village level. >>>>>> >>>>>> For the islands of Pico and Faial, there are finding aids. You must >>>>>> use the modern Portuguese spelling. >>>>>> >>>>>> Mary Rose would be Maria da Rosa. Manuel Rose would be Manuel da >>>>>> Rosa. Isabella Soares is Isabela or Isabel Soares. I've never seen >>>>>> Treza,but I don't research those islands. >>>>>> >>>>>> Lauriana Rose Simas Rose Ormond is a problem. She might be Lauriana >>>>>> Rosa Simas da Rosa Ormonde, but there seems too be too many Rosas in >>>>>> there. >>>>>> De Brum has a space. >>>>>> >>>>>> This site, with the acronym of CITCEM is missing one freguesia on >>>>>> Faial, but I *think* it has all of Pico, but I'm not sure. The Pico >>>>>> researchers will chime in. You will find a Manuel da Rosa in every single >>>>>> freguesia. By using the wife's names (Isabela Soares and Maria de Brum) >>>>>> will help, but you'll have to double check to be sure that they are ONLY >>>>>> couple on that whole island with that name combination. >>>>>> >>>>>> CITCEM is here: http://www.ghp.ics.uminho.pt/genealogias.html >>>>>> Start with the first freguesia on Pico (Concelho de Madalena). Click >>>>>> that, next screen, scroll down and click the arrow, next screen click the >>>>>> British flag to navigate in English. Keep working you way down, >>>>>> collecting >>>>>> all the Manuel da Rosas married to Isabela Soares and Maria de Brum. >>>>>> >>>>>> This needle in the haystack method (even with a PARTIAL index) will >>>>>> be rather daunting. You should do more U.S. research by using censuses >>>>>> (for >>>>>> immigration year), obituaries, WWI Draft, naturalizations, etc, etc. A >>>>>> how-to can be found on the Azores GenWeb here: https://goo.gl/dGG4Ar >>>>>> >>>>>> Good luck, Cheri Mello >>>>>> Listowner, Azores-Gen >>>>>> Researching: São Miguel island: Vila Franca, Ponta Garca, Ribeira >>>>>> Quente, Ribeira das Tainhas, Achada >>>>>> >>>>>> -- >>>>>> 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 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 the Google Groups "Azores Genealogy" group. 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