Joe, you can research from home here : http://www.culturacores.azores.gov.pt/ig/registos/Default.aspx
You can also research on the Tombo website. Maybe someone else can provide that link. Altino Sent from my iPhone > On Jul 23, 2018, at 4:33 PM, Joe Matias <[email protected]> wrote: > > Do you have to be in Ponta Delgada in order to view all the pages of your > search,or is there a way of doing so through the internet at home? > > >> On Sun, Jul 22, 2018 at 7:19 PM Cheri Mello <[email protected]> wrote: >> While I was in Ponta Delgada on Sao Miguel island, I made extensive use of >> the inventories or wills. I was able to find them on the Archives Catalog at >> http://www.arquivos.azores.gov.pt/ I don't know how to find them for other >> islands. I don't think the other archives entered them or perhaps the >> inventories or wills are not housed at the other archives. >> >> The inventories and wills varied a lot and from time period to time period. >> The more recent ones were better, as they were more organized and followed a >> format. >> >> They started with a cover page, naming the deceased and who was in charge of >> their inventory. Some had maybe 7 pieces of paper (so potentially 14 pages >> of information). Some had 144 pieces of paper (288 pages of information). >> The more "recent" ones (1920s forward) had a copy of the death certificate >> with the cause of death listed. Or the best that medicine knew for that time >> period. They named children, grandchildren, great-grandchildren if they had >> any. If you can read the births and marriages, then you already know the >> words of "filhos" and "netos." "Bisnetos" are the great-grandchildren. Some >> listed relatives on the paternal side "pelo lado paterno" or the maternal >> side "pelo lada materna," Anytime I saw the word "familia" I scanned the >> page. Some listed what I believe were people they owed. Some listed what >> they owned, as in the furnishings and whatnot. My 2 great-grandmother's had >> a declaration from her husband. I don't know what it says yet. I'm waiting >> on my cousin to tell me. And there was a lot of legal stuff in there too. >> >> The earliest will/inventory that I looked at was from 1807. Some exist from >> the 1700s. >> >> Not every ancestor will have an inventory or will. You didn't need to own >> property to have an will or inventory. As I said, it appeared that one guy >> owed a lot of people a lot of money. >> >> They allowed me to take pictures with my camera (found out I need a >> different pair of reading glasses to take pictures). They said that the >> inventories are NEVER to be posted anywhere on the Internet. That means >> Ancestry.com, Geni.com, My Heritage, FamilySearch.org, your own personal >> page, etc. They consider the inventories private Yes, I understand that if >> the person died in 1807, no one alive today was mentioned in that will. But >> they have their rules. I said it was going to be left on my computer so I >> could consult it. I would extract only genealogy information from the >> documents, but would never post an image of any them. So for those utilizing >> the inventories/wills, do NOT post them ANYWHERE on the Internet or you mess >> it up for future genealogists. >> >> Hopefully the other archives will get their inventories/wills up on the >> Archives Catalog. >> 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.
